An ounce is a unit of weight which is approximately equal to 28  grams. One gallon is equal to 128 ounces so there are 640 ounces in  5 gallons of water.
The first U.S. railroad to use a steam locomotive in revenue service was the South Carolina Railroad. It opened on Christmas Day 1830 using the Best Friend of Charleston steam locomotive on six miles of track in Charleston, South Carolina.
George Stephenson's First Steam Locomotive. A milestone in transportation was reached on July 25th, 1814. Within a few years of his death in 1848 George Stephenson was called âthe father of the railwaysâ, but that accolade has been challenged because there were other engineers involved in the development of the worldâs first railway system.