History of Trains Order/Sequence these pictures.

1984 Small Maglev train started work at Birmingham Airport, England.

1829 Rainhills Trials were held to find the best sort of locomotive. The Stephensons Rocket wins.

1987 Work began on railway link between Britain and France, the Channel Tunnel

1950s Electric railways built in Europe after the second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Diesel train Flying Hamburger reached 214kph.

1964 Electric Bullet trains started running in Japan.

1859 George Pullman built his first luxury passenger carriage in America.

1981 TGV train began running on French railways. It reached 250 kph.

Early 1900s Marshalling yards opened to sort freight wagons into freight trains.

1804 Richard Trevithicks steam locomotive pulled a heavy load at a mine in Wales.

1990 TGV Atlantic reaches 515 kph. It is the fastest passenger train.

1892 Sir Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine.

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1883 First Orient Express ran from Paris to Istanbul in Turkey.

1938 Mallard set the world speed record for a steam locomotive, reaching 203kph.

1871 The first tunnel through the Alps Mountains finished. Three more were built in the next 30 years.

Ancient Romans drove carts in ruts 2,000 years ago.

1831 The four wheel bogie invented in North America.

1825 First passenger railway in the world opened between Stockton and Darlington in England.

1879 Siemens showed his electric locomotive at the Berlin exhibition.

1863 First underground railway opened in London. Steam locomotives ran on it.

1830s Railway building starts all over Europe, North America and Russia.

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1890 First electric underground train ran in London. Nicknamed the Padded Cell as it had small windows.

1700s Mining wagons ran on iron rails.

1841 Thomas Cook runs the first railway excursion.

1869 Two railways met at Promontory Point to carry trains across North America

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