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feb 21, 1804 - Locomotive

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Was the first steam railway. It could carry ten tons of iron, 5 wagons, seventy passengers and had an average speed of 2.4 mph. It contained a smoke chimney at the front and a separate firebox in the rear.

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feb 21, 1804
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~ 222 years ago

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