Steam Enginse

We have all heard or seen steam engines but there is more to it than that.  They were needed for gold, coal, transportation, and for transporting goods to the people.  Passengers accepted great ricks when they rode the trains because it reduced there travel time by 15 to 20 minute.  The train and all the cars flew off the tracks and nobody complained but they praised the engineer because he was trying to be on time.   What was accomplished when steam engines were made?  

  The idea of steam power was invented by a man named Thomas Newcomer; however Peter Cooper was the first person to build a working train.  After the train was made the people started to build the tracks.  There was about 30,000 miles of tracks which almost connected all the major cities in the east.

There were many different people working on the tracks. There were Chinese immigrants, volunteers, and prisoners.