The Railroad Line

After the invention of the steam locomotive, it became necessary to make rails for it to run on and transport goods from industrialized cities to ports and supply towns. An early road engineer named George Stephenson began work on the first railroad line in 1821. The line was to run 27 miles from the Yorkshire coalfields to Stockton. It opened in 1825 and used four locomotives that Stephenson had designed and built. News of this success spread throughout England and soon railroads were being built between many cities. The railroad made trasporting goods and materials faster and cheaper for factories and their owners. The use of railroads spread throughout the industiralized countires of Europe and to America. The railroad changed the way goods were transported forever and helped to spread the Industiral Revolution.