A Social Studies report

1. LINKING EAST AND
WEST
Ch.7 Heritage minute by Caroline Pugh
THE FIRST TRAIN AND THE FIRST TRAIN STAITION!

2. WHEN WAS THE FIRST TRAIN
BUILT?
• The first train was built in the 1800s
• The first STEAM train was built in 1879

3. WHAT WERE TRAINS FIRST BUILT TO DO?
• The first train was built to carry coal from one mine to the other in Wales
• The railway was short and narrow

4. WHAT IS A TRAIN?
A train usually means a series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives

5. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A STEAM TRAIN!