2006-08-22 02:17:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
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Well - 2pts i suppose - Cheers
2006-08-22 02:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor h 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the mid 18th Century - Matthew Trevithick a Cornish miner attached wheels to a static steam boiler and invented the first steam locomotive, it was used to pull wagons of cornish tin and other minerals.
Later in the early 18th Century passenger traffic began to appear.
IRailways were and are the main contribution by the British Empire to the world.
2006-08-22 02:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
first public passanger train Stockton - Darlington 27th September 1825
but many mines etc used rail based trucks for some time before this. Many small developments in steam engines before they were "established"
2006-08-22 02:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by fred 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mid 1800's
2006-08-22 02:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Boris 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Invented around 1800. The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825, was the first permanent steam locomotive railway.
2006-08-22 02:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
during the industrial revolution era the late 1700s and the early 1800s
2006-08-22 02:24:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋