George stephenson was born in Walham Village, Northumberland (now Newcastle) on June 9th, 178 1, and died on August 2nd, 1848. He is a British engineer who invented the train locomotive during the first industrial revolution and is known as the "father of the railway locomotive".
18 10, Stephenson began to manufacture steam locomotives. After several years of hard work, he finally invented the steam locomotive in 18 14, which was called "Voyager". It is called a "train" because it keeps emitting fire from the chimney as it moves forward.
1825, the first railway was built in Britain. In September of the same year, Voyager locomotive was put into trial operation, with more than 30 carriages carrying 450 passengers and 90 tons of cargo. The Voyager train ran 40 kilometers at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour.
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The development history of trains:
18 10, Stephenson began to manufacture steam locomotives. 18 17, when Stephenson decided that he would be in charge of the construction of the railway line from Liverpool to Manchester, he would use steam locomotives to transport a railway line that was completely transported by steam engines. From then on, the train began to gallop on the stage of human history.
1879, Siemens electric company of Germany developed the first electric locomotive, weighing about 954 kilograms, which was only performed once at a Berlin trade exhibition. 1903101On October 27th, the first practical electric locomotive jointly developed by Siemens and General Electric Company was put into use.
1894, Germany successfully developed the first gasoline diesel locomotive. The application in railway transportation has opened a new era for diesel locomotives. But this kind of locomotive burns gasoline, which is too expensive to popularize. 1924, Germany, the United States, France and other countries successfully developed diesel locomotives, which are widely used in the world.
Since 265438+20th century 10, all countries have been developing high-speed trains, such as the high-speed train from Paris to Lyon, France, with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour; The high-speed train from Tokyo to Morioka in Japan has also reached more than 250 kilometers. France, Germany and other countries took the lead in developing maglev trains. China also built the first commercial maglev train line in Shanghai.
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