Name of first train of world ?
Asked by lokesh, 15 Dec '08 08:16 pm
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The story of the "Mumbles Train", as it came to be known, is as heart breaking as it is fascinating. Considering its myriad achievements and world records, it's incongruous that the railway isn't more famous. It is disgraceful also that the railway was abruptly dismantled in 1960 (at that time electric tram powered) - 153 years after those historic first steps in 1807. To the commuter age and the world of transport that we take for granted today, this was an innovation equivalent to any. The world's first - and the longest surviving railway until 1960 - is a worthy candidate of the history books. It is a complex human story of courage, humour and idiosyncrasy. It is a very Welsh story for it is as large, folksy and extraordinary as the ancient folk tales of our ancient Celtic nation of Wales, except all of it happened!Answered by dharamender nebhnani, 15 Dec '08 08:25 pm
Penydarren was the first locomotive in 1804 but the first passenger train was launched on the Stockton and Darlington railway line in UK in 1825Answered by Janis, 15 Dec '08 08:23 pm
The "Mumbles Train".Answered by nargis bhambi, 15 Dec '08 08:22 pm