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Readers might wish to consult David Fry's Danger Ahead! -- Historic Railway Accidents (UK website) [ GPL ]. The first self-propelling steam engine or steam locomotive made its outing on 13 February 1804 at the Pen-y-Darren ironworks. The machine was designed by Richard Trevithick. The engine was able to pull a load of 15 tons at a speed of about 5 mph. However, adhesion was a problem (iron wheels on iron rails = slipping).
What was the world's first passenger railroad to use a steam locomotive? The world's first steam-powered passenger railroad was the Stockton & Darlington Railway, operating 25 miles of track through Darlington in the North East of England.he first American railroad to operate with a steam locomotive was the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company which built a railroad between coal fields at Carbondale and its canal at Honesdale, Pennsylvania. In 1828, the D&H ordered a steam locomotive from Britain's Foster, Rastrick & Company.