Who built the first train and when?

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Who built the first train and when?

Answer 1

Richard Trevithick in 1804 built a locomotive for a wager capable of pulling ten tons of coal from a mine to a dock in South Wales along the existing light-weight colliery tramway tracks.

The wager was declared void when the locomotive proved so heavy that it crushed the rails and for the return journey from the dock had to be driven along the road.  

Nevertheless this is the first instance in history that a steam engine was made to run on rails to any degree of success.

Answer 2

Trevithick's Pen-y-Darren was the first railway locomotive, 1804.

George Stephenson opened the first public, passenger carrying railway between Stockton & Darlington in 1825.

The Rainhill Trials were in 1829. George & Robert Stephenson's 'Rocket' won because it was far in advance of anything else, being the first steam locomotive to have a multiple fire-tube boiler and draughting, i.e. combustion aided by air drawn through the fire tubes by the force of the exhaust. It could thus generate steam much faster than the older single or double-flue boilered engines then in use. It was also driven directly by connecting rods from the cylinders instead of the beams and cranks previously in use. This gave it a lower centre of gravity, which made it more stable when running. It had a top speed of 30mph (then a world speed record). Beam-driven locomotives could not travel very fast because at speed they would rock dangerously from side to side.

Virtually all steam locomotives since the 'Rocket' have been based on similar design.

Answer 3

In 1830 - lead pencil- Joseph Dixon The first pressure train.

Answer 4

Do you mean Steam powered?

Before Steam locomotives,trains were pulled by horses.

Mines and quarries had wooden railways back in the 1600's,with tubs(4 wheeled carts) being pulled by horses along wooden rails or L shaped short section iron rails.

An attempt to improve on horse power was tried on the pen-y-darren mines railway using a steam powered locomotive invented by Richard trevithick.

The locomotive was too heavy for the brittle L shaped rails..and the experiment was abandoned.

Steam powered mineral railways in the North East of England  were at the time powered by large stationary engines hauling waggons along by ropes.

It was about 1812 when another attempt at self propelled steam locomotion was tried by George Stephenson and later his son Robert..which lead to the eventual success of the railways as we know them today.

Answer 5

Richard Trevithic built the first functional steam locomotive, in I think 1805. George Stephenson competed in the Rainhill Trials of 1825 to find the best loco for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway.

Answer 6

George Stephenson (June 9, 1781 - August 12, 1848).

British engineer who designed a famous and historically important steam-powered locomotive named The Rocket.

George Stephenson was born in Wylam, England, several miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

In 1748, a wagonway -- an arrangement similar to a railway, but with wooden tracks and designed to support horse-drawn carts -- had been built from the Wylam colliery to the River Tyne, running for several miles. The young Stephenson grew up near it, and in 1802 gained employment as an engine-man at a coal mine. For the next ten years his knowledge of steam engines increased, until in 1812 he stopped operating them for a living, and started building them.

Answer 7

http://www.trakkies.co.uk/historyzone/fi...

there you go

Answer 8

In answer to your question - a train is a collection of a series of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another.

A Locomotive or 'prime mover' is used to draw the train.

So - the first recorded evidence of a 'railway' found thus far was the 6 kilometers (4 mi) Diolkos wagonway, which transported boats across the Corinth isthmus in Greece from the 6th century BC.

Trucks pushed by slaves ran in grooves in limestone, which provided the track element, preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route.

The first recorded 'Train' - was an early wagonway noted at Broseley in Shropshire from 1605 onwards.

Huntingdon Beaumont (who was concerned with mining at Strelley) also laid down broad wooden rails near Newcastle upon Tyne, on which a single horse could haul fifty or sixty bushels of coal.

The first 'Prime mover' of a train was a horse, and the first Steam powered locomotive was built in 1804 by Richard Trevithick, an English engineer born in Cornwall.

Answer 9

Many say it was George Stevenson, But it was supposed to be Richard and Andrew Trebethic who actually first invented the steam engine. The first steam powered, metal contraption that was train-like was Hiron of Alexandria in 100AD

Answer 10

Even though most people think that it was George Stephenson was the person to invent the first steam train.

The actual first train was built by Richard Trevithic built the first functional steam locomotive. See below:

Trevithick was fascinated by the possibilities of steam engines. He experimented with a model locomotive, and in 1796 produced a working engine/boiler combination.

Encouraged by his success, Trevithick produced a larger steam road locomotive, the Puffing Devil. On Christmas Eve, 1801, his new locomotive took him and some friends on a short journey. Although the results were positive, Puffing Devil could not hold steam for long, which made its use impractical.

Trevithick showed his designs to several leading scientists, including James Watt. Watt argued that his use of steam at high pressure was dangerous. Trevithick later accused Watt of using his influence to get Parliamentary to ban his experiments.

Trevithick was backed by a succession of sponsors, but his early designs either broke down, or proved too heavy. In 1804 he created the first steam locomotive to successfully run on rails - The Penydarren - which made three journeys between the Penydarren ironworks near Merthyr Tydfil and the Merthyr-Cardif Canal.

The next attempt was the fancifully named 'Catch Me Who Can', which in the summer of 1808 ran on a circular track in Euston Square, London. The engine took on passengers at one shilling each, and reached speeds of 12 miles per hour.

If you visit Ironbridge, you can see a replica of 'Catch Me Who Can' in Ironbridge, shropshire at the Blists Hill Victorian Town museum, which I have attached link to:

http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attract...

I hope that you find the info of help.

Joolz of Salopia

Answer 11

It's th e21st feb 1804, near of Merthyr Tydfil (Wales) have the first circulation on rails with a steam locomotive, build by Richard Trevithick in England

Answer 12

Archimedies of ancient greek fame actually had a go at what could be loosly termed a steam train.