Train World 6/12/2019 (4) by ikke.evc
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Let's enter the building. How did it all start? In 1835 (May 5th) the first commercial railway line opened, Brussels - Malines (Mechelen). The first on the Continent. It's represented by the wooden, real size model of the 'l'Elephant' The other two where La Flèche.(the Arrow) and Le Stephenson (the Stephenson). They did it in a little less than an hour, the traject was 22km (+/- 13.75 miles). Witch was five time faster than a horse drawn carriage. They could do it in twenty minutes.
On entre le bâtiment. Comment tout cela est commencer? Le 5 Mai 1835 l'ouverture de la premiere ligne commerciale, Bruxelles - Malines. La premiere sur le continent européen. C'est représenté par une maquette en bois a l'échelle 1:1 de 'l'Elephant' une des trois locomotives. Les autres deux était la Flèche et le Stephenson. Ils ont fait le trajet de 22 km en un peu moins d'une heure. Ce qui était cinq fois plus vitte qu'à cheval. Ils savait le faire en vingt minutes.
Comments (8)
paul_gormley
That was in the day when the UK could actually make things :) super models
ikke.evc
O, these are real, only the one that's elevated is a model. They destroyed without knowing it's significance. The first one, is one of nine build in Belgium. Small gauge.
Kordouane
Belle capture, c'est vraiment génial de pouvoir retourner aussi loin dans l'histoire des chemins de fer
marcPoser
Une intéressante page de l'histoire ferroviaire, bien illustrée par cette photo!
miwi
Fantastic capture,super foto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RedPhantom Online Now!
very colorful
starship64
What wonderful history.
Koala44
Magnifique et merci pour les explications, très sympa
Radar_rad-dude
Must have been quite thrill those first daring adventurers, to travel 5 times faster than a horse. And now look how fast we go and don't even think about it. Nice photo.