Landmarks in Modern Transport

By Cloudsoul
  • Steam Train

    Steam Train

    Locomotion No 1.
    First steam engine to pull a passenger train.
    Speed 12mph
    Built by Robert Stephenson & Co.
  • Steam Ship

    Steam Ship

    SS Great Western.
    First trans-atlantic passenger steamship.
    Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
    Could carry 128 passengers
    Speed 8.5 Knots
  • Motorbike

    Motorbike

    The Reitwagen.
    Invented by Daimler and Maybach of Germany.
    Speed 7mph.
  • Motorcar

    Motorcar

    Invented by Karl Benz.
    Karl went on to form Mercedes-Benz.
    Speed 8mph.
  • Aeroplane

    Aeroplane

    The Wright Flyer.
    Invented and built by the Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville).
  • Titanic

    Titanic

    Maiden Voyage of the largest ship in the world.
    Supposed to be unsinkable but hit an iceberg on 14th Apr and sank the next day.
  • Helicopter

    Helicopter

    Focke Wulf FW61
    Invented by Henrich Focke in Germany.
    Crew 1.
    Top Speed 112mph.
  • Jetliner

    Jetliner

    The DH106 Comet.
    First passenger jet plane.
    Designed and built by de havilland aircraft company of England.
    Could carry 44 passengers.
    Top Speed 460mph.
  • Hovercraft

    Hovercraft

    Vickers Armstrong VA3.
    Worlds first passenger hovercraft service between Moreton and Rhyl in England.
    Could carry 24 passengers.
    Top Speed 60mph.
  • Supersonic Jetliner

    Supersonic Jetliner

    Concorde, first supersonic passenger jetliner.
    Built by Britain and France.
    Holds New York to London speed record 2hrs 53mins.
    Could carry 120 passengers.
    Top Speed 1354 mph.
  • Space Plane

    Space Plane

    SpaceshipTwo, first orbital space plane.
    Due to fly 2014.
    Can carry 6 passengers.
    Top Speed 2500mph.
    £150,000 a ticket.