We were not fighters like them; we were cunning and cowardly, and it was because of our cunning and cowardice, and our inordinate capacity for fear, that we survived in that frightfully hostile environment of the Younger World.
Union Pacific's 4-6-6-4 Challenger steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating locomotive in the world. Built in July 1943 and still used by UP for occasional excursion throughout the western United States, the 3985 weighs 1,073,900 pounds (537 tons).
James Watt invented the first modern steam engine, though rudimentary steam devices can be traced back to the first century in Egypt. The first steam locomotive prototype was â¦ built in 1784 by William Murdoch, who was born in Scotland and worked as an engineer and inventor in Birmingham, England.ichard Trevithick invented the first steam locomotive in 1803, but the iron rails couldn't carry the weight. From there, George Stephenson is credited with the first practica â¦ l steam locomotive.