Claim: Video of World's first train which ran on 24 December 1809.
Fact-check: Edited clip from a movie is wrongly shared as the video of World's first train - FACTLY
Verdict: this video is actually from a silent movie 'our hospitality'  which is a period comedy, set in the 1830s. the movie includes keaton's extended journey on a vintage train from that era. the first steam locomotive put on rails was on 21 february 1804 by richard trevithick  and, stockton and darlington railway was the first public passenger steam train which ran on 27 september 1825. it is also quite improbable that a video/film were taken in 1809, because the first film was shot in leeds in 1888. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-06-28T12:51:02