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HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILWAYS TIMELINE

1760's

Abraham Darby laid an iron plateway

1769	Nicholas Cugnot invented the first steam propelled vehicle

1760

1770

1786	William Murdock invented a model road engine similar to Cugnot's

1789	William Jessop introduced flanged waggon wheels

1780

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

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

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

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

1830

1840	First railway excursion

1846	Standard gauge introduced in Britain

1840

1851	First refrigerated coaches

1859	Pullman cars

1850

1863	First underground railway

1865	USA adopted standard gauge

1869	First rack railway (Mount Washington, USA)

1860

1879	Von Seimen's electric train operated in Berlin

1870

1881	First electric passenger train used in Germany

1889	Block signalling and continuous braking in Britain

1880

1890	First electric underground train

1890

1900

1912	First diesel electric trains (Sweden)

1910