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Railroad (1783 words) |
 | Though the rail system was extremely slow at first and prohibitively expensive to build and run, the British were not to be dissuaded in their pursuit of non-animal driven transportation. |
| The most advanced mode of transportation prior to the introduction of the rail system was the horse drawn omnibus on a track, called a tram. |
| Some rails were still made of wood, others iron and the first trains traveled at the pace of 3.5 miles per hour, significantly slower than the horse drawn coach which traveled at a speed of 9-10 miles per hour. |
| 1863 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (321 words) |
| This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1863. |
| January 8 - Ground is broken by the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, California, on the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America. |
| October 5 - The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world. |
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