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Early Steam Trains, 1700-1840

The First Railways . Before 1700, trucks ran on wooden rails in Cornish tin minesBy about 1780, coal trucks in the North-East were running on wooden and stone tracks. A few tracks were made of ironAll these ?waggonways' were drawn by horses. Locomotives. By 1800, fixed steam engines were working in mines and factories The next step was the Locomotive ? a moving steam engine that pulled coal trucks Between 1800-1830, a number of ?engineers' tried to build a locomotive but their machines often broke down or were very weak.

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Early Steam Trains, 1700-1840

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    1. Early Steam Trains, 1700-1840 The struggle to build and run the Worlds first steam locomotives

    2. The First Railways Before 1700, trucks ran on wooden rails in Cornish tin mines By about 1780, coal trucks in the North-East were running on wooden and stone tracks. A few tracks were made of iron All these waggonways were drawn by horses

    3. Locomotives

    5. New Cogs & Puffing Billy In 1811, John Blenkinsop invented a locomotive with an extra wheel. It had cogs on it that gave the machine extra grip on the track Then in 1813, John Hedley built his Puffing Billy to haul coal in Northumberland Puffing Billy ran for 50 years

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