About the train

The train is one of the most important means of transporting passengers and goods. It consists of connected wagons that run on railroads.

 A railway line may consist of two lanes, going in two different directions, to and fro.  But sometimes the line may consist of only one path;  Then the outgoing and return trains alternate with a sharp temporal regularity, otherwise the outgoing and returning trains collide, trains collide, and passengers suffer casualties, death and handicaps, and losses in transported goods.

The train is a form of transportation that transports passengers and goods from one place to another, which is a connected series of vehicles moving in a specific path called “railroad lines.” These lines usually consist of two tracks in two different directions, but sometimes the line may consist of  Only one path.

Trains old and new

old model trains

old train

 England was the first to use railways for the first time in history in 1789, until the use of trains in all countries.  The first trains run on coal as a source of energy.  Coal heats a water tank in the locomotive, generating high pressure steam, and this steam propels a steam engine, which moves the wheels of the locomotive and thus moves the train.

train inventor

Richard Trevithick (April 13, 1771 – April 22, 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer who was the son of a mining superintendent, and born in the mining hub of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age.  He did not do well at school, but he became a pioneer in steam engines and railways.  His most important achievement was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine.  He was the first to build a steam locomotive with a complete railroad.  The first steam locomotive journey began on February 21, 1804, when Trevithick unveiled the steam locomotive that would pull the train across the tram line at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.[9][10]

 Wishing to expand his interests abroad, Richard worked as a mining consultant in Peru, and later explored areas in Costa Rica.  Richard went through many ups and downs during his career, faced bankruptcy at one point in his life, and had quarrels with many of the mining and steam-engine engineers of his day.  Richard was distinguished early on in his mining and engineering career, but failed to gain public recognition towards the end of his career.

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