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-The age of railroads
+**Who invented the train?**
+The answer depends on how you define the word train and who you ask.  Tramways using wooden rails hauled by horses dates back to the 1500s.
+If you define train to mean railroads in the more modern sense, this article traces the first railroad in North America to Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1720.  http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/107456.aspx
+If you define train to mean a railway locomotive consisting of a steam engine, according to the BBC, the world's first locomotive was designed by Richard Trevithick and built in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England, in 1802  http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2007/12/27/trevithick_locomotive_anniversary_feature.shtml
+Pioneered by Stephenson, rail transport was one of the most important technological inventions of the 19th century and a key component of the Industrial Revolution. Built by George and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the Locomotion No. 1 is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830.
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson
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+History of rail transport in the United States
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_the_United_States
+A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad wagon at a level crossing, circa 1900.
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Dlw_railroad_wagon_1900.jpg
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+**The age of railroads**
 Railroads would play an important role in the expansion of business and industry during the Industrial Revolution. Mechanized rail transport systems first appeared in England in the 1820s, with passenger railway systems coming on the scene in the 1830s.
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 After the Civil War many rail problems were solved. George Westinghouse invented the air brake and trains could stop more reliably as a result. Railroad firms agreed on a standard width between tracks to reduce transfers.
-The Golden Spike - The government declared that the two lines would merge at Promontory Summit near Ogden, Utah. On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford, representing the Central Pacific Railroad, was provided the honor to hammer a golden spike into the ground that marked the completion of the coast-to-coast line. Celebrations erupted across the land. Even the Liberty Bell tolled once again to commemorate the occasion.
+**The Golden Spike -**
+The government declared that the two lines would merge at Promontory Summit near Ogden, Utah. On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford, representing the Central Pacific Railroad, was provided the honor to hammer a golden spike into the ground that marked the completion of the coast-to-coast line. Celebrations erupted across the land. Even the Liberty Bell tolled once again to commemorate the occasion.
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 One man that would play a significant role in the railroads the the development of electricity was George Westinghouse.
+**Work done by a machine was measured in horsepower**
 The unit of measurement done by a machine was measured in horsepower.

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