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When did the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey take place?
21 February 1804
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The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804. It was a short distance of around one and a half miles from the Coalbrookdale ironworks in Shropshire, England, to the nearby town of Wellington. The locomotive was designed by Richard Trevithick and was powered by a steam engine.
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