Hvornår startede den første offentlige togbane i usa?
1830
Timeline of railway history
1830 - Den første offentlige jernbane i USA, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), åbnede med 23 miles spor, som for det meste bestod af jernbaner af hårdttræ og var beklædt med jern. Damplokomotivet Tom Thumb (lokomotiv) blev designet og bygget af Peter Cooper til B&O - det første amerikanskbyggede damplokomotiv.  Prøvning af lokomotivet begyndte på B&O samme år.
1830
Timeline of railway history
1830 - The first public railway in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), opened with 23 miles of track, with mostly hardwood rail topped with iron. The steam locomotive, Tom Thumb (locomotive), was designed and built by Peter Cooper for the B&O — the first American-built steam locomotive.  Trials of the locomotive began on the B&O that year.
Timeline of railway history