What is the train?

The train or railway is an artifact with wagons that travel long distances at a considerable speed, being able to carry high loads and large numbers of people. It is transported on rails, tires or on magnetic bases.

It moves several wagons, and in some cases, the trains have two locomotive tractors, one on each side. At the beginning it was pulled by beasts, which gave it the power of locomotion, later the steam engine was designed, followed by the diesel engine and today the magnetic engine predominates.

The word train has practically the same principle or etymology in English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. In general it means dragging, or pulling. A train is considered to be any vehicle that has a fixed track or rail, whether on land, elevated, or underground.

Apparently, the wheel and the carts with wheels, began in Mesopotamia, being here where the beginnings of the trains arise.

It is the carts that moved that marked their line of passage, and following these lines parallel, the movement of the cars was facilitated, since they had rigid axles, limiting this their turns. For this reason they left the furrows, placing slabs to avoid the mud.

The railway began in the 18th and 19th centuries, in the industrial revolution in England. It was Richard Trevithick who built the first locomotive on July 25, 1814, coupling it with wagons, remaining so until now. Its use began in the mines, revolutionizing mining.

The English parliament, raised an act that granted the ownership of the project to unite the towns of Stockton and Darlington by means of a railroad track to George Stephenson.

Urban transport within cities is benefited by subways, which allow the transfer of the population, at a lower cost and with a limited consumption of resources.