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The first railways used horses or mules to pull cars on rails- the first established in Leeds England in 1758. The first steam locomotive was built in 1804. In the US, the first railway was built (horse drawn) at Midlothian VA in 1831 (near Richmond VA) to carry coal from the mines to the docks on the James River.
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