Первый поезд с паровым двигателем
The first fullscale working railwaysteam locomotivewas built in the United Kingdom in 1804 byRichard Trevithick, a British engineer born inCornwall. This used highpressure steam to drive the engine by one power stroke. The transmission system employed a largeflywheelto even out the action of the piston rod. On 21 February 1804, the world s first steampowered railway journey took place when Trevithick s unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of thePenydarrenironworks, nearMerthyr TydfilinSouth Wales. Trevithick later demonstrated a locomotive operating upon a piece of circular rail track inBloomsbury, London, theCatch Me Who Can, but never got beyond the experimental stage with railway locomotives, not least because his engines were too heavy for the castiron plateway track then in use. The first trains along TransSiberian railway were also steam locomotives. TransSiberian railway was fully electrified only in 2002
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