Richard Trevithick 1771 - 1833

Richard Trevithick's invention is considered the first tramway locomotive, however, it was a road locomotive, designed for a road and not for a railroad. However, Trevithick's accomplishments were many and the inventor did not fully recieve the credit he was due during his lifetime.  "I have been branded with folly and madness for attempting what the world calls impossibilities, and even from the great engineer, the late Mr. James Watt, who said to an eminent scientific character still living, that I deserved hanging for bringing into use the high-pressure engine. This so far has been my reward from the public; but should this be all, I shall be satisfied by the great secret pleasure and laudable pride that I feel in my own breast from having been the instrument of bringing forward and maturing new principles and new arrangements of boundless value to my country.

MINI TRAIN

If visiting TMII, in Jakarta Indonesia do not forget to take this mini train. while enjoying the beauty around TMII

Locomotif Ancient Steam

Ancient steam Locomotif Lempuyangan station Yogyakarta Indonesia, as a monument and symbol of the office Lempuyangan Station. Locomotif now is located at the entrance station Tugu Yogyakarta

Railroad History

"The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another, almost as fast as birds can fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour.... A carriage will start from Washington in the morning, the passengers will breakfast at Baltimore, dine at Philadelphia, and sup in New York the same day.... Engines will drive boats 10 or 12 miles an hour, and there will be hundreds of steamers running on the Mississippi, as predicted years ago."
--Oliver Evans, 1800

Important milestones in English and American railway development

1630:	Beaumont designs and builds wagon roads for English coal mines using heavy planks on which horses pulled carts and wagons.
1753:	First steam engine arrives in the colonies from England.
1755:	First steam engine in America is installed to pump water from a mine.
1758:	An Act of Parliament establishes the Middleton Railway in Leeds. Thus the Middleton claims to be the oldest Railway in the world.
1769:	Frenchman Nicholas Cugnot builds a steam carriage.
1774:	Scotsman James Watt builds first "modern" stationary steam engine.
1776:	English tram road is laid down with cast iron angle bars on timber ties.
1784:	Murdoch (Watt associate) steam engine model runs 6 to 8 mph.
1789:	Englishman William Jessup designs first wagons with flanged wheels.
1800:	Oliver Evans, an American, creates the earliest successful non-condensing high pressure stationary steam-engine.

Sugarcane Train Sondokoro, Tasikmadoe Karanganyar Solo Central Java Indonesia

If you walk into the town of Solo / Surakarta (approximately about 15-30 minutes from the city of Solo to the Karanganyar / Tawangmangu) do not forget to stop at the Tasik Madoe Sugar Factory. In addition to looking at the sugar-making process you can also enjoy the trip with this train.