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.
1 1798 - the Lake Lock Rail Road, arguably the world's first public railway, opened in 1798 to carry coal from the Outwood area to the Aire and Calder navigation at Lake Lock near Wakefield, West Yorkshire,on a distance of approximately 3 miles. 2  The load of three waggons was hauled by one horse. 1834 - Ireland's first railway, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) opens between Dublin and Kingstown (now Dun DÃºn), laoghaire a distance of six. 2  miles - 1835 In belgium a railway was opened On may 5 Between brussels And: Mechelen the line. 3  25 in 1836 a second section Between mechelen And antwerp was.  open