What were early steam trains called Iron? what?

Question

What were early steam trains called Iron? what?

Answer 1

Iron horses, and the first train was Stephenson's " Rocket" I believe, but I never understood how people in them days knew what a rocket was

Answer 2

horses... what they replaced

Answer 3

Horses

Answer 4

do you mean the iron horse? at first they were called that

Answer 5

Richard Trevithick invented the first steam engine

Answer 6

Since the steam trains took on the work formerly done by wagons carrying supplies , it was for this reason they chose to call them the Iron horse .

Answer 7

I can only think of the Iron Duke, a broad-gauge engine designed by Brunnel. It was named after the Duke of Wellington.

Answer 8

horses...because most travel was by horse and it was a new invention

Answer 9

Iron.......... the laundry??????

Answer 10

Yes that's right they were called iron horses cause of what they replaced & the first locomtive was called stephenson rocket but it could only travel @ a speed of 13 miles an hour  it wasn't much of a success.