Trains

1. How did trains affect the economy? 2. What you already know:
 * **Who?- I'm not sure**
 * **What?- Trains were built to trasfort goods fast**
 * **Where?- Early America**
 * **When?- Mid-1800's**
 * **Why?- To speed up trasportation**
 * ** How?- They burnt coal to make smoke to move a genorator to move the wheels **

3. My Research Questions:
 * **Who- Who created the train?**
 * **What- What were other reasons for trains?**
 * **Where- Where was the first train built?**
 * **When- When did ideas of the train come up?**
 * **Why- Why didn't Americans just use steam boats?**
 * ** How- How did they bulid trains/ train tracks? **

4. My Research Stratagy: > What? Expert websites, databases, encyclopedias, books, textbook. > Where? The CTMS and public library.**
 * **Who? I'll ask Ms. Horn and Ms. Brem for help in locating information. I could ask Ms. Brolan or Mr. D. I could as the public librarian.

Trains influenced Manufacturing and Westward expantion by speeding up the process helping everyone aquire manufactured goods. Trains gave people hope of a new life because they could move somewhere else to make money.

"Roads of rails called Wagonways were being used in Germany as early as 1550. These primitive railed roads consisted of wooden rails over which horse-drawn wagons or carts moved with greater ease than over dirt roads. Wagonways were the beginnings of modern railroads.". The horses could only go so far and pull so much so it was inefecient. The first locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick from England. His locomotive would later effect all of America. "The first steam-powered machine was built in 1698 by the English military engineer Thomas Savery (c. 1650-1715). His invention, designed to pump water out of coal mines, was known as the Miner's Friend.". This invention was a step closer to the modern day train. He like others continued to reinvent the train.

"A locomotive is a vehicle that runs on rails and is self-propelled by any of several forms of energy for the purpose of moving railroad cars.". Some examples of energy are steam from water, coal, gasoline, and electricity. A steam engine is a machine that turns heat energy into mechanical energy. Then the steam goes through a cylinder which pushes a piston back and forth. That moves the train. If they could channel enough energy the the train could move extremely fast and carry more weight. Trains are built to carry people or freight. People could travel or transport goods a lot faster than before. "In 1698 Thomas Savery patented a pump with hand-operated valves to raise water from mines by suction produced by condensing steam. In about 1712 another Englishman, Thomas Newcomen, developed a more efficient steam engine with a piston separating the condensing steam from the water.". This led up to why the modern day train.

When the Civil War had begun the best train was the American model. The train probably wouldnt improve much during the war. There wouldn't be a trains unless the steame engine was invented. Even if there wasn't a steam engine we would of made something else to that would do the same thing. "In 1765 James Watt greatly improved the Newcomen engine by adding a separate condenser to avoid heating and cooling the cylinder with each stroke. Watt then developed a new engine that rotated a shaft instead of providing the simple up-and-down motion of the pump, and he added many other improvements to produce a practical power plant.". It showed how much America changed during the Industrial Revolution.

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