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Locomotive
1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)

1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa

1948 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates

1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy

1935 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive

1934 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany New York)

1924 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York

1907 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico

1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies

1836 U.S. patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

1833 Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62

1831 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania

1831 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run

1830 Horse beats 1st U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore)

1830 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill

1829 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service

1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England

1824 1st steam locomotive is introduced

1814 George Stephenson introduced the 1st steam locomotive

1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales

1781 George Stephenson, Newcastle England, inventor, RR locomotive

1771 Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor, steam locomotive



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