(Encyclopedia) locomotive, vehicle used to pull a train of unpowered railroad cars.
Richard Trevithick, a British engineer and inventor, built and operated (1803–4) the first successful steam…
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Trans-Siberian Express Traveling between Moscow and Vladivostok, the Trans-Siberian Express makes the longest regular train trip in the world, covering 5,778 mi and making 91 stops over the course…
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Alpine skier Janica Kostelic of Croatia and cross country skiers Andrus Veerpalu and Jaak Mae of Estonia won the first Winter Games medals for their home countries.Short-track speed skaters Steven…
Florida cattleman and entrepreneurBorn: February 20, 1820 Birthplace: Lake City, Florida Summerlin built a cattle empire in central Florida in the 1850s and during the Civil War supplied beef to…
