When was the coal powered train invented?

Answer 1

Scottish inventor, William Murdoch built a protype for a steam locomotive road model in 1784. The first working steam powered locomotive was Between 1780 and 1790, an American inventor, John Fitch developed the first steam locomotive rail model. The first fully operational model was built by Richard Trevikhick in the UK in 1804. Steam locomotives were first seen in England in the nineteenth century, and were the main mode of train travel until mid-twentieth century.