Trains are a typical example of human transportation using fossil energy. 1804, the world's first steam locomotive was built by British mining technician Drivesk using Watt's steam engine, with a speed of 5 to 6 kilometers per hour.
Because coal or firewood was used as fuel at that time, people called it "train" and it has been used ever since. 1840 On February 22nd, the world's first real train running on the track was designed by Kangwa engineer Charlie Levisik.
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/kloc-in the Qing dynasty in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, the railway was regarded by the Qing people as a "strange trick" to destroy Feng Shui. Now, the "lifeline of the national economy" has achieved unprecedented leap-forward development.
From the 0.5-kilometer "exhibition railway" to the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" railway transportation network, from the "dragon" locomotive to the CR400A/B high-speed EMU train with a commercial running speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the history of China's railway development has witnessed the great changes of a country in the past 100 years.
/kloc-In the 20th century, China became the third Asian country to build railways after Japan and India. 1875, Britain laid the Wusong railway with a length of14.5km in Shanghai, becoming the first railway in China.
In China, people who see the train for the first time are full of fear about this new thing. Nevertheless, influenced by the idea of "learning from foreigners", Qing government officials of the "Westernization School" were forced to accept the construction of railways, and in 188 1, the first government-run railway advocated by the Qing government was built: Tang Xu Railway.