Railways predate the invention of the steam engine, they were horse drawn in mines & the like. Stockton & Darlington is the first railaway in UK 1825 I thinks. Swindon, between Bristol & London on the Great Western Railway, ranks alongside Crewe & Doncaster & York as a major railway centre. 1840 is the dates of the line fron Paddington to Swindon & on to Cheltenham & Gloucester & subsequently to Bristol (1841)
Locomotive
The first Queensland railway ran between Ipswich and Grandchester (then known as Bigge's Camp), 25 km to the west. It was opened on 31 July 1865.
Cotton mills, corn mills, etc. where built along streams and rivers to use water power to run the machinery. When steam-engines took over, the factories and mills could be built anywhere.
Colonial settlements were mostly built along rivers. The settlers used the waterpower of the rivers to run their mills. Navigable rivers provided transportation between settlements for people and their goods.
First they used the rivers then they made it steam powered
Locomotive
The Stockton and Darlington railway. The second rail line was the Liverpool and Manchester railway, which was the first passenger railway and the first to run with timetables.
The first Queensland railway ran between Ipswich and Grandchester (then known as Bigge's Camp), 25 km to the west. It was opened on 31 July 1865.
Stephenson's Rocket was a steam locomotive that ran on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in England. It operated on the line between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
Richard Trevithick, 1804
Liverpool and Manchester, called the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
yes the first model t did run on gas but Henry Ford also built it to run on alcohol(Ethanol)
Charles Bannerman of the Australia scored the 'first run' of the first 'Cricket Test Match' against the England's bowler Alfred Shaw.
The Canadian railway, also known as CPR or Canadian Pacific Railway is run by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, as a result of corporate restructuring in 2001.
Cotton mills, corn mills, etc. where built along streams and rivers to use water power to run the machinery. When steam-engines took over, the factories and mills could be built anywhere.
If you can't,then how can I?
Colonial settlements were mostly built along rivers. The settlers used the waterpower of the rivers to run their mills. Navigable rivers provided transportation between settlements for people and their goods.