History of Rail in England
Railway History in England
Signicicant Dates in England Rail History
• circa 1600
England
Wooden tracks used in England
• late 1700's
England
Cast Iron plates for rails developed
• late 1700's
England and America
Steam engine developed from earlier industrial steam boilers
• 26 July 1803
London
Worlds first 'public' railway
• 1812
Middleton, England
First successful Steam Locomotive in commercial use
• 1813
England
'Puffing Billy' first Steam Train to run by adhesion only (without cogs)
• 1825
England
George Stephenson produces the first public steam railway in the world
• 1825
England
Solid Rolled Wrought Iron rails produced for Darlignton - Stockton Railway
• 1850
London
Worlds first underground Metro railway built
• 1970's
world-wide
Diesel and Electic replaces Steam as locomotive of commercial choice
For more information on the history of rail please visit the following websites:-
Wikipedia - History of Rail Transport
NOTE: All links are to English versions of the websites. Most are in local languages. If links are broken (as websites often change their templates) simply go to the home page listed and search for the country of interest.
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