Land Transportation By RyG99 4000 BCE Domesticated horses 3500 BCE Wheel Invented 2000 BCE first chariot 312 BCE first paved roads 770 Horse shoes invented 1100 4 wheeled horse drawn carts 1550 first railroad 1662 1st public bus 1769 1st self propeled road vehicle 1790 First Bycicle 1790 First Bycicle 1801 1st steam engine (designed for roads) 1804 1st steam powered locomotive (designed for rails) 1814 1st practical railroad locomotive 1820 first monorail 1832 1st electric vehicle 1862 1st gasoline powered automobile 1867 First motorcycle 1879 first electric train 1892 first tractor 1895 first electric bike 1925 first diesel train 1964 1st bullet train 1997 first land vehicle to break the sound barrier and worlds fastest land vehicle(ThrustSSC) (763mph) 2004 1st maglev train 2021 fastest single engine car (Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut) (330 mph)