how were trains put on tracks in the 1800s?
get a 5 gallon bucket of water filled 2/3 of the way a 2-litre bottle with the bottom cut off put the bowl into the cap of the 2-litre bottle (however you would like- try a peice of tin foil with pin holes in it) push bottle to the bottom of the bucket of water fill bowl.light.then pull up slowly on the bottle as you pull up, the bottle will fill with smoke before the bottle exits the water unscrew the cap place mouth over bottle and push the bottle back down into the waterYou wont want to use a bong ever again
The usual way was to assemble the main components of the locomotives, freight or passenger cars, and then to lower them by overhead cranes onto their wheels, trucks etcwhich were positioned on the tracks built into the floor of the shopsThe workshops were usually connected to an existing railroad, although in the early days the products had to be moved by ship, canal, or even short distances overland to reach the nearest railroadObviously, in the early days of railroads the locomotives and rolling stock were much smaller and lighter - a typical 1830s period locomotive weighing around ten tons, and passenger or freight cars two or threeRailway equipment is still built in this way today.
