The Invention of the Train Made by Ksenia

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The Invention of the Train Made by Ksenia Zabrodskaya and Alena Zamyatina Teacher: Selyantseva N. V.

In 1804 English engineer Richard Trevithick invented the first train. Nobody wasn't interested in his invention. Perhaps because this genius invention overtook its time. Trevithick left his work because of shortage of money and qualified assistants.

The First Cargo Train Many European engineers began to create and develop various types of locomotives using drawings of Trevithick. The first cargo train could carry about 30 -40 tons of cargo at the speed 6 -8 km/h.

The first highway train In 1825 on the first public railway between Darlington and Stockton was the first train, managed George Stephenson. The train was consisted of a locomotive, 12 cargon cars with flour and coal and 22 cars with passengers. The weight of the train with cargo and passengers was 90 tons, and the speed of its movement in different areas - from 10 to 24 km/h. Today the speed of passenger trains is 50 km/h, and the speed of fast trains, such as the Sapsan is 250 km/h.

Interesting Facts In 1830 in England a group of people decided to have a terrific idea of making the competition between five locomotives. Unfortunately, one of the competitors has cheated. He hid live horses under a covering. Than he was disqualified. None horse was damaged.

An unprecedented incident happened in Ohio on the railroad. The train crashed with the steamboat. This happened due to the fact that nearest lake overflowed and ”drowned" the way to one meter under water. The train driver was brave and decided not to stop. Unfortunately, such courage led to the crash with the steamboat.

500 km of the railway In Australia are on a desert plain without a single turn. Of course, such a road was settled on the pages of the Guinness book of records

The longest railway in the world is in Russia. The length of the TRANS-Siberian railway is 9. 3 thousand kilometers. The station of the TRANS-Siberian railway named "Half” has an equal distance, between Vladivostok Moscow.

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