History of Transport Invention By thephantomchef Jan 31, 1769 First Self Propelled Vehicle Sep 19, 1783 Hot Air Balloon 1787 First Steamboat Jan 30, 1790 Bicycles Feb 21, 1804 First Steam Locomotive Period: 1812 to 1845 Train steam improvements Jan 31, 1862 First Gas Engine Automobile 1879 Electrifying train railways 1885 First Usable Car Jan 31, 1885 Motorcycle Period: 1892 to 1945 Train dieselisation 1896 First Combustion Eng Train 1902 First Petrol Train Dec 17, 1903 First Human Flight 1912 First Diesel Train Oct 4, 1942 Rockets Period: 1945 to 2021 Diesel-eletric trains 1954 First Nuclear Sub Apr 12, 1961 Orbit Earth 1964 First Bullet train Feb 9, 1969 First 747 Flight Jul 20, 1969 Moonlanding Apr 12, 1981 First Shuttle Flight 1984 FIRST MAGLEV TRAIN 1992 First smart phone 2004 First sub orb space flight & high speed maglev train 2011 First uber Ride 2018 First commercial self driving car 2100 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2200 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2300 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2400 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2500 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2600 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2700 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2800 Still nothing better than a maglev train huh? 2951 StarCitizen - Still using Trains (maglev?)
