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Railway Timeline
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TIMELINE
1767
In 1767, Richard Reynolds created the first set of wood railways.
They soon become iron, as the wood railways were not very sufficient.
1767
1801
1804
In 1804, the first locomotive railway, the Penydarren, was built by Richard Trevithick.
In 1801 the creation was officially named a "railway". Although, at this point in time, there were only horses and their carriages on the railways-no trains.
This same year, Richard Reynolds was inventing locomotives that could possibly run on the railways.
1801-1804
1813
In 1813, "Puffing Billy" , a railway made for inside of the coal mines, was built by William Hedly.
Not long later, George Stephenson, a man known as the "Father of Railways" , built an engine for this railway.
1813
Puffing Billy
Puffing Billy railroads are still up and running in Melbourne. There are lots of different old fashioned trains on those tracks that you can visit!
Puffing Billy
1821
1821-1830
In 1821, George Stephenson continued to make more railways, this time between Stockton to Darlington. Once again, the railroad was supposed to be for horses, but George wanted a steam engine, so that's what he made.
At this time, every steam engine was quite slow. And was not considered as a complete steam engine.
1830
The first initial time that a steam driven locomotive (that was fast) was on railways, was on the Liverpool to Manchester railway.
This is around the same time as when the bridge-water railroads were invented.
1830
1835-1837&1844-1848
1835-1848
In 1835-37 and 1844-48 there was a large boom in the amount of people using rail transportation. It was called the "Railway Mania". Even though freight and canal trains had halved their prices, in attempt to get back their passengers, people saw how convenient and great the railways were. So, they used the railways, and told their friends and family about it, which created the big boom, creating railway history.