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JetPunk is an online trivia and quizzing website. The service offers a variety of quizzes in different topics, such as geography, history, science, literature, and music. [2] [3] The site offers quizzes in a variety of languages, including but not limited to: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, Finnish, Portuguese, and Polish. [4]
1830 – The first public railway in the United States, the B&O, opened with 23 miles of track, with mostly hardwood rail topped with iron. The steam locomotive, Tom Thumb, was designed and built by Peter Cooper for the B&O, the first American-built steam locomotive. Trials of the locomotive began on the B&O that year.
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph (160 km/h), on 30 November 1934. 41 018 climbing the Schiefe Ebene with 01 1066 as pusher locomotive (video 34.4 MB) A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
E.444 locomotives were the first standard locomotives able to reach 200 km/h (125 mph), while an ALe 601 EMU reached a speed of 240 km/h (150 mph) during a test. Other EMUs, such as the ETR 220, ETR 250 and ETR 300 were also updated for speeds up to 200 km/h (125 mph). The braking systems of cars were updated to fit the increased travelling speeds.
Preserved steam locomotives by country (14 C) A. Steam locomotives of Albania (5 P) Steam locomotives of Australia (8 C, 4 P) Steam locomotives of Austria (4 C, 11 P) B.
Locomotives of Asia by country (17 C) Locomotives of Europe by country (39 C) A. Locomotives of Albania (4 C) Locomotives of Algeria (3 C) Locomotives of Argentina (2 C)
In the European part of the USSR, almost all steam locomotives were replaced by diesel and electric locomotives in the 1960s; in Siberia and Central Asia, state records verify that L-class 2-10-0 s and LV-class 2-10-2 s were not retired until 1985. Until 1994, Russia had at least 1,000 steam locomotives stored in operable condition in case of ...
Arturo Caprotti, [1] [3] Italy, invented rotating cam valve gear for locomotives, the Caprotti valve gear; André Chapelon, [2] [3] France, built the most powerful steam locomotives in Europe; Nicholas Cugnot, France, steam coach; Alfred de Glehn, [1] [2] [3] France, first compound locomotive with 4 cylinders in 1894