Train pictures

Train timeline

By La49ersfan06
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    Richard Trevithick life.

    He made the first working train. He spent some time when he was young in the tin-mining district of Cornwall ad attended the village school.
  • James Watt made the train.

    James Watt made the train.

    He made the first train but was unsuccessful. He was a mechanical engineer.
  • Richard Trevithick invented the train in Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. This place was in the United Kingdom.

    Richard Trevithick invented the train in Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. This place was in the United Kingdom.

    He invented the train at Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. This place is in the United Kingdom.
  • The first passengers traveled on a train.

    The first passengers traveled on a train.

    There was about 550 passengers traveling in that train. It cost two shillings to ride.
  • Period: to

    The Americans built their first steam engine until it exploded.

    Tom Thumb helped build it. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1830 to convince owners of the newly formed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

  • The first underground railway started working in London.

    It was between Paddington and Farridngdon. it was a great successful. It carried 38,000 passengers on the opening day.
  • Lionel invents the first electric train.

    Lionel invents the first electric train.

    He invented the first ever electric train. He was calling his train "The standard of the world." He was born on August 25, 1877 and died on September 8, 1965.
  • The first maglev train was made.

    The first maglev train was made.

    This train hovers above the tracks. It uses magnetic levitation to stay hovered above the tracks. It can cover a distance of 30.5 kilometers in eight minutes.