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railroads

By NH3467@k12.sd.us
  • very first railroad
    1550

    very first railroad

    the first railroad was not steam engine it was a horse and buggy with more cars and it sat on wooden rails
  • first steam engine was built

    first steam engine was built

    George Stephenson created the world's first locomotive in 1814.

  • first electric prototype locomotive was built

    the first electric locomotive was built by a Scottish chemist by the name Robert Davis.
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    the transcontinental railroad

    the trans continental rail road is a rail road that begins at Omaha Nebraska and ends at Sacramento California it was thought of by Theodore Judah.

  • The first electrice passenger train

    the first electric passenger train made its first debut in berlin.
  • First electric railway

    First electric railway

    the first electric railway opened near berlin Germany and traveled over 30 mph.
  • the first high speed rail way opned

    the first high speed rail way opned

    the first high speed railway opened in 1964 and ran from Tokyo Japan to Osaka Japan.
  • hyper tube train makes successful test.

    hyper tube train makes successful test.

    the hyper tube train made it first successful test and is capable of reaching speeds up to 700 mph.