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RICHARD TREVITHICK AND ANDREW VIVIAN
INVENTED THE TRAIN IN 1802, AND BOTH SHARE THE PATENT.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PATENT FOR THE TRAIN
WHICH WAS GIVEN TO RICHARD IN 1804
TRAINS WERE ORIGINALLY USED FOR...
- Enhanced transportation
- Carrying freights or people long distances.
- Carrying heavy loads
- Going faster than horse carriages and cars.
IN 1825 GEORGE STEPHENSON BUILDS HIS FAMOUS LOCOMOTION NO.1
CAPABLE OF PULLING 90 TONS OF COAL AT 15 MILES PER HOUR
TRAINS CAN BE POWERED BY A VARIETY OF SOURCES
INCLUDING ELECTRIC AND DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
Photo by Mado El Khouly
THE TRAIN STARTED USING DIESEL
AND ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES IN THE LATE 1930S
LUXURY TRAINS WERE CREATED IN 1864 AND ARE SUPPOSED TO
OFFER A VERY COMFORTABLE RIDE AND EVOKE AN ASSOCIATION WITH HISTORY AND HERITAGE. OPERATING IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, THEY ARE A PREMIUM TRAVEL OPTION.
Trains have changed America by making transportation for goods much quicker and cheaper. Trains also sped up the production of goods. People and goods could get to other cities in hours rather than days.
- Making transportation for goods much quicker and cheaper
HOW HAVE TRAINS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED SOCIETY?
- By spreading pollution and waste.
- They cause negative health effects.
TRAINS NOW ARE USED FOR
- Carrying people or freights certain distances faster
- Carrying heavy loads
- Carrying people or freights longer distances
German inventor Hermann Kemper patented the system
THAT USED MAGNETIC LEVITATION (MAGLEV) IN 1937
IN THE 1960S THE U.S MADE THE TRANSITION
FROM STEAM TO DIESEL AND ELECTRIC TRAINS
THE FIRST BULLET TRAINS WERE INVENTED IN
1964 BY JAPAN IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPICS.
THE WORLDS NEWEST TRAIN IS THE
MAGLEV TRAIN WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2002
Maglev is a system of train transportation that uses two sets of magnets, one set to repel and push the train up off the track, then another set to move the floating train ahead at great speed taking advantage of the lack of friction.
Photo by Jason Riedy
IN JANUARY OF 2018
THE FIRST 10 TRAIN CARS WENT INTO SERVICE
