Category: Train History

Sir Sandford Fleming, born on January 7, 1827 and died at (July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor.Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He proposed worldwide standard time zones,designed Canada’s first postage stamp, left a huge body of surveying and map making, engineered […]

1. हमारी ट्रेन के डिब्बों में प्रतिदिन 2.5 करोड़ से भी अधिक यात्री सफर पर निकलते हैं। जी हां, यह संख्या आस्ट्रेलिया, न्यूजीलैंड और तस्मानिया की कुल आबादी जितना है। 2. भारतीय रेल प्रतिदिन 11 हजार ट्रेनें चलाती है। 3. भारतीय रेल देश के सबसे लंबे सुरंग से भी गुजरती है। जम्मू-कश्मीर के “पीर पांजल […]

History of Rail Transport Modern transportation of passengers and goods could not be imagined without trains, transport devices that revolutionized our industry, human expansion, and the way we can move from one place to another. Such important presence in our history appeared little over 200 years ago, but even then it was apparent that this […]

Trains Between 1830 to 1900 Railways meant the end for canals and coaches. Railways were to transform Britain in the nineteenth century. Wagons pulled along on tracks had existed for some while, but these wagons had been pulled by horses. Advances in railways took place throughout the nineteenth century but there are a number of […]

First train appeared in the year 1804. It managed to pull 25 tonnes of iron material and 70 people over the distance of 10 miles. Over the course of history trains were powered by steam, electricity and diesel fuel (although one of the earliest trains in USA was powered by horses that walked on treadmills). […]

Transformed the whole history of India. This innovative plan was first proposed in 1832; however no auxiliary actions were taken for over a decade. In the year 1844, private entrepreneurs were allowed to launch a rail system by Lord Hardinge, who was the Governor-General of India. By the year 1845, two companies were formed and […]

By the word run a train we mean a vehicle with motive power running on metal rails. ” The Stockholm and Darlington Railway” (1825) is recognised as the starting of railway age, because they were the first “Railway” to use a steam locomotive and iron rails to haul a load. It was a load of […]

Prior to 1850, there were no railway lines in the country. This changed with the first railway in 1853. Railways were gradually developed, for a short while by the British East India Company and subsequently by the Colonial British Government, primarily to transport troops for their numerous wars, and secondly to transport cotton for export […]