TGV

The TGV is a high speed train that operates in France. TGV stands for Train a Grande Vitesse which is french for high speed train. Although it was originally to be powered by gas turbines, the TGV are now running in electricity. In 1981 the first line opened between Paris and Lyon and nowadays Paris is connected with a load of other cities and countries. on April 3 2007 a test TGV set a record for the fastest wheeled train reaching a speed of 578 km/h (357mph). The TGV service also holds the record for fastest scheduled train journey with a start to stop average of 279 km/h. As this was such a success TGV have linked Switzerland to Belgium, Spain ,Italy and Germany.

Advanced trains

In the 1960's and 70's interest in creating a newer faster way of traveling rather then having to use the other conventional trains. The technology used is used then is the technology we still use today. This is called a malglev system and this centered on magnetic levitation which is used on trains like the Dart and Luas. This system workers on an air cushion created by an electromagnetic between an on-board device and another embedded in its pathway. These were a lot more cheaper to run and more environmentally friendly. There are more technologically advanced systems around the world just like the one in the picture shown.
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Getting started

Colonel Stevens is said to be the father of the american railroads. In 1826 he constructed a circular experimental track to show the feasibility of the steam locomotive. he built this track in his estate in hoboken, New Jersey. This happened three years before George Stephenson had perfected the a practical steam locomotive in England. The first railroad charter in America was granted to John Stevens in 1815. Grants were given to others in later years and soo work started o the first operational railroads. Peter cooper desighned and built the first staem locomotive to be operated on a common-carrier railroad.

steam engine

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.

The Earliest Signs

The earliest signs of any type of railway were found in ancient greece which go as far back as the 1st century. The wagonways were'nt used the same way then as we use them today, they were carried by horses for food and other heavy goods.

The wagonways were used in germany as early as the 1500's. The difference between wagonway's and railway's is that wagonways were the ones used in the early times and these were made out of wood. People found wagonways a lot easier then roads because at the time the roads wood have been very poor to carry goods because there would have been a lot of pot holes and uneven road surfaces.

In 1776 the railways were made out of iron which was a lot more effective as the iron would have been a lot more smooth and durable. Wagonways evolved into tramways through out europe. In 1789 a man named William jessup desighned flanges on the wheels of a wagon. A flange is a groove on the internal side of the wheel that improoved the grip on the tramways. This was very succesful then and is still in use on all trains today.

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Hi! In this blog I aim to to broaden your knowledge of trains and how they have evolved from steam engines to petrol engines to the current day electric or solar powered engines. I will basically be writing about when and who invented the first ever train.
I hope this helps you in some way.