Railroad Timeline Project

By Zolaya Hampton
  • 1760

    1760

    • In the 1760s James Watt developed the modern, efficient steam engine, it was a foundation for rail power.
  • 1804

    1804

    • Richard Trevithick 1804/17th century when railroad technology evolved from early wooden tramways to steam locomotives located Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, at the Penderyn.
  • 1823

    1823

    • George Stephenson in 1823 was when the first public railway to open in England.

  • 1830

    • In 1830 The first regularly scheduled U.S. steam-powered passenger service began in South Carolina. The ones to crate it was the Railroad Company in South.

  • 1869

    • In 1869 the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad was completed, drastically changing American life. The three companies that helped with that where Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, and Leland Stanford.
  • 1912

    1912

    • In 1912 The world's first diesel mechanical locomotive operated in Switzerland. The people who created it where Rudolf Diesel, Adolf Klose, and Gebrüder Sulzer.
  • 1917

    1917

    • In 1917 General Electric builds the first U.S. experimental diesel-electric locomotive but the person who create was Hermann Lemp

  • 1959

    • In 1959 the British Railways adopted Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) for smoother and stronger tracks.