Timeline Tuesday 21 February 1804

Events on Tuesday 21 February 1804 1

• 1804 First Railway Steam Locomotive Runs Richard Trevithick's Penydarren locomotive hauls a load on iron rails On 21 February 1804, Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive hauled ten tons of iron and seventy men along a tramway at the Penydarren ironworks in Wales, the first recorded journey of a railway locomotive. The demonstration proved steam power could move heavy loads on rails, laying groundwork for the railway age.