The invention of the steam engine was one of the biggest transformations which the trains had seen. In 1803 a man named Samuel Homfray funded the development of a steam-powered vehicle to get rid of the horse drawn carts. Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) built the first steam engine locomotive. On February 22 1804 the engine made its first haulage from Pen-y-Darron to Merthyr Tydfil which is a journey of 9 miles carrying 10 tonnes of iron, 70 men and five extra wagons. The journey took 2 hours.
In 1821, an english man, Julius Griffiths was the first person to patent a passenger road locomotive. In September, 1825, the first railroad company began called Stockton and Darlington. This company transported both bulk goods and passengers on regular schedules using stronger locomotives designed by English inventor George Stephenson. This new and improved locomotive pulled 6 fully loaded carts full of coal and 21 passenger carts carrying 450 passengers over 9 miles in about an hour.
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