No, Charles Dickens mentions them in "The Signalman" in 1886.
Albert Hunt, a mechanical engineer at Southern California's Pacific Electric (PE) interurban streetcar railroad, who invented it in 1909 out of the necessity for a safer railroad grade crossing.
Michigan had approximately 7,929 miles of railroad in 1900.
Around the Flip-Flap Railroad - 1900 was released on: USA: September 1900
Monongahela Railroad was created in 1900.
Lockhart Railroad was created in 1900.
Chattahoochee Valley Railroad ended in 1900.
Chaumont Railroad Station was created in 1900.
Cross Creek Railroad was created in 1900.
what was invented from 1867 -1900
Central Railroad of South Carolina ended in 1900.
Seaboard Air Line Railroad was created in 1900.
The railroad was invented to move people and goods across land in an efficient manner.