THE CONQUEST OF TIME AND SPACE 



consisted of six wagons loaded with coal and flour, 

 next a passenger coach (the first ever run upon a rail- 

 road) filled with the directors and their friends, then 

 twenty wagons fitted up with temporary seats for pas- 

 sengers, and lastly came six wagons loaded with coal, 

 making in all twenty-eight vehicles. The word being 

 given that all was ready, the engine began to move, 

 gradually at first, but afterward, in part of the road, 

 attaining a speed of twelve miles an hour. At that 

 time the number of passengers amounted to four hun- 

 dred and fifty, which would, with the remainder of the 

 load, amount to upwards of ninety tons. The train 

 arrived at Darlington, eight and three-quarter miles, in 

 sixty-five minutes. Here it was stopped and a fresh 

 supply of water obtained, the six coal-cars for Darling- 

 ton detached, and the word given to go ahead. The 

 engine started, and arrived at Stockton, twelve miles, 

 in three hoars and seven minutes including stoppages. 

 By the timr the train reached Stockton the number of 

 passengers amounted to over six hundred.'' 



From this description it will be seen that the coal 

 roads had been extended to form interurban railways. 

 In this connection it is interesting to note the increase 

 of traffic that developed on this particular road in the 

 years inmiediately following the invention of the prac- 

 tical locomotive. When the road was projected it was 

 estimated that its maximum carrying capacity would 

 not exceed 10,000 tons of coal yearly. A few years 

 later, when locomotives had come into use, the regular 

 yearly carriage amounted to 500,000 tons. 



The passenger coach on this first train, the first of 



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