Steam+Trains

. He was born in 1781 at Wylam near Newcastle- upon-Tyne and he died in 1848. In his spare time he repaired clocks and watches. George didn't invent the steam trains engine, Richard Trevithick was the actual inventor of the engine. George was the first person to successfully run a steam train. || Before the steam engine was invented people used to drive wooden wagons which would only go at 5mph. People also used to ride horses around which meant a maximum of two people at a time could ride but family's needed transport for between 3 and 5 people as an average. Another problem was trade animals weren't very fast and could take a very long time to get products and materials from one place to another and when the items did finally arrive there were not many of them as animals could not carry much on long journeys and even on short journeys they could still only carry a certain amount of products and that amount wasn't very many at all. || The steam trains were fueled by burning some combustible materials, usually coal, wood or oil. This then produced steam in a boiler which drove the trains engine. The brakes in the train were the same sort of brakes that are used in cars today. The engin was also used to power factories as most factories were powered by a water mill they were no in very convinient places but once the engine was invented the factory could be placed anywhere which made delivering products more convinient and also made it easier for people to get to work. || Traveling was made much more easy and more people were able to go on holdiays and whole familys were able to go to places together. If the steam train hadn't of been invented we wouldn't have cars today and traveling would be a major problem. It would be like living in the 17th century! The steam engine also helped trade the steam engine could pull larger loads than than animals and could also go faster than animals so trade also became more productive as products and materials could get to shops and factories faster than they could with an animal. || we got the information in this table from many different websights here is a list [] [] We got this picture from []
 * Inventor || Problem || Invention || Impact ||
 * George Stephenson.

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The man who invented the first steam train was not the man who invented the first steam engine. The man who invented the first steam engine was Richard Trevithick, George Stephenson was the man who invented the first steam engine. George was born in 1781 at Wylam near Newcastle-upon-Tyne and died in 1848 when he was 67. George was the first man to successfully run a steam train. Before the steam train was invented, people would travle by wagons which would only go at the very slow speed of 5mph. Another form of transport was by horse riding were only two people could travel at any time. This made it tricky for families to travel together as the average family size had 3-5 people. There are more problems like when it came to needing to collect food from non-local places as no animal, cart or wagon could carry very much food and this couldn't be done quickly either. The steam trains were fueled by coal, wood, or oil which produced steam which then ran the steam engine. The brakes in steam engines were the same as the brakes in cars today which are pads which apply friction to the wheel, causing the train to slow down. The steam train allowed families to travel together and the richer people to go farther away and sometimes on holidays. This also solved the food delivering issue as the steam train could deliver food much quicker than any animal could.