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Wagons pulled by horses and humans had their wheels on iron tracks to reduce friction when traveling.
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George Stephenson designs the first steam engine locomotives on rails. Later, steam powered engines would quickly replace all horses and humans.
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Entrepreneurs during the 1830s began to run their own railway, and railroad tracks began to expand throughout the country as well as in foreign country.
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The U.S. Congress passed two Pacific Railroad Acts. Designed to foster the construction of a transcontinental railroad, the acts offered financial assistance and rewards to railroad companies building a railroad linking Omaha, Nebraska, with the California coast.
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Workers from the East met up with workers from the West at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
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The Trans-Siberian Railroad was completed. It stretched from Moscow all the way to the Far East of Russia.
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The Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka in Japan began its operation in time for the Tokyo Olympics.
