when they felt like it
No one person invented the railroad as it evolved over hundreds of years. The first railroads did not have locomotives. Richard Trevithick is credited with creating the first successful steam locomotive. George Stephenson is credited with expanding the use of railroads from being a part of a mining operation to the first passenger railroads.
Who invented the first ship, railroads, airplane, etc.
Andrew Jackson
1863-1869
United States
Wikipedia has a very nice article. Google "railroads"
Ted Judah
Railroads. -------------- Weapons, not railroads.
The first railroads carried raw materials and finished goods.
Trains were first used in 1829 with the Stourbridge Lion train as the first steam train. Railroads were invented as early as 1550 for mining use, and they were called Wagonways.
The first railroads were in mines as plateways and then railways in the 1700's. The first railways used stationary engines, people, and horses for power. The steam-engine was adapted for use on iron rails early in the 19th century, and the first steam-powered passenger railway was opened in 1825.
the railroads were invented in New York in 1948 and were used ever since