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.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The first commercial diesel locomotive was built, by GE, in 1918 for the Jay Street Connecting Railroad in New York.Although not particularly successful, it sparked further interest that led to the construction of a diesel locomotive demonstrator in 1924. George Stephenson (9 June 1781 - 12 August 1848) a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives and is known as the Father of Railways   Trevithick invented the first train, Stephenson the first public railway line.