The first successful locomotives were built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick. In 1804 his unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Although the locomotive hauled a train of 10 long tons (11.2 short tons; 10.2 t) of iron and 70 passengers in five wagons over nine miles (14 km), it was too heavy for the cast iron rails used at the time. The locomotive only ran three trips before it was abandoned. Trevithick built a series of locomotives after the Penydarren experiment, including one which ran at a colliery in Tyneside in northern

Locomotive

Fun Fact: Train conductors earned as much as $80,820 per year, or $38.86 per hour, their compensation also fell below an annual $39,190 annually, or $18.84 hourly, as of May 2011, states the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, their average salaries ran $56,230 per year, or $27.03 per hour.

A train and it's engine during construction.

A trains engine.

Fun Fact: a trains engine is ten times bigger than a sedan, or a trucks engine.

Trains

Fun Fact: A locomotive engine is 12-20 cylinders.