Steam Locomotive

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! The United States started developing steam locomotives in 1829 with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Tom Thumb. This was the first locomotive to run in America, although it was intended as a demonstration of the potential of steam traction, rather than as a revenue-earning locomotive. The first successful steam railway in the US was the South Carolina Railroad whose inaugural train ran on December 25, 1830. The first railway service in Continental Europe was opened on May 5, 1835 in Belgium, between Mechelen and Brussels. The name of the locomotive used was The Elephant. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad of the Denver Colorado, continues to use steam locomotives today, as it has since construction in 1882. This sound uses the following sound file from Freesound (http://www.freesound.org): Steam loco & Deisel in Bryson City NC.mp3 by Bansemer