The same things modern trains are used for: hauling cargo and people.
they made steam trains in Victorian times fro people to travel out of the city
Passengers, grain, livestock, coal, cotton, wool, the list goes on and on. In the time of the steam engine anything from that era would have been transported.
one of the early model steam trains
He developed a steam engine that could be used for manufacturing.
The first steam train was made in 1804 in the United Kingdom. Richard Trevithick built the locomotive and his design led to the trains used in the US.
steam engine trains.
Efficiency and cost. The maintenance of a steam engine can be very costly as compared to a diesel engine as well.
Steam engine trains used to be the only type of train that would work. They used to be iconic and were significant in the understanding of railroads. Today, steam engine trains offer no real advantages to other modes of transportation.
Steam trains were first. they use both fire and water to produce steam and make the engine run.
Steam coal
trains could run longer
Home heating, electricity and was traditionally used as fuel in steam engine ships and trains. Early trains all had a coal car to carry it.
In the 1800's steam engines were used successfully everywhere, in trains, ships, factories, farm and road vehicles and many more applications.
Steam trains were once widespread, and changed the world. A steam engine is an external combustion engine, meaning that the fuel burns outside the engine. In modern internal combustion engines the petrol or diesel burns inside the engine, and the gases produced expand and push the cylinders, and this motion eventually turns the wheels. In the steam engine the fuel burns in an external fire box. The heat boils the water to make steam, which pushes the cylinders. So it depends exactly what you mean by 'run'. Certainly there were and are steam trains, but the steam doesn't provide the energy to make it go, the fuel does.
The first engine that ran on steam power was created in 1813 by George Stephenson, this led to the invention of steam engine trains and many other inventions.
Powered farm equipment and trains.
Well, darling, a steam train uses steam to power its engine, while a coal train hauls coal as cargo. So, to put it simply, one chugs along with passengers or freight, and the other just hauls coal like it's nobody's business. Hope that clears things up for you, sugar.