1760's |
Abraham Darby laid an iron plateway |
1769 |
Nicholas Cugnot invented the first steam propelled vehicle |
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1760 |
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1770 |
1786 |
William Murdock invented a model road engine similar to Cugnot's |
1789 |
William Jessop introduced flanged waggon wheels |
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1780 |
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1790 |
1801 |
Trevithick's first passenger steam vehicle went into operation |
1805 |
Wandsworth-Croydon public railway opened |
1806 |
Oystermouth railway - first passenger railway in Wales was built |
1808 |
Trevithick's 'Catch -me-who-can' locomotive was built |
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1800 |
1812 |
Blenkinsop's railway locomotive hauled coal from Middleton to Leeds |
1813 |
Hedley's 'Puffing Billy' was built for use on non-toothed track |
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1810 |
1820 |
Wrought iron rails used to make railways |
1825 |
Stockton to Darlington railway line opened |
1827 |
First railway tunnel built under Liverpool |
1829 |
Stephenson's 'Rocket' wins Rainhill trials (Britain)
Marc Sequin built first French steam locomotive |
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1820 |
1930's |
Liverpool to Manchester line opened (Britain) |
1832 |
First steam locomotive powered railway opened in France |
1835 |
Joseph Locke designed bulkhead rail |
1837 |
Telegraph used to connect signal boxes |
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1830 |
1840 |
First railway excursion |
1846 |
Standard gauge introduced in Britain |
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1840 |
1851 |
First refrigerated coaches |
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1850 |
1863 |
First underground railway |
1865 |
USA adopted standard gauge |
1869 |
First rack railway (Mount Washington, USA) |
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1860 |
1879 |
Von Seimen's electric train operated in Berlin |
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1870 |
1881 |
First electric passenger train used in Germany |
1889 |
Block signalling and continuous braking in Britain |
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1880 |
1890 |
First electric underground train |
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1890 |
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1900 |
1912 |
First diesel electric trains (Sweden) |
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1910 |
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