first steam locomotives ever put to use
The first U.S. railroad to use a steam locomotive in revenue service was the South Carolina Railroad. It opened on Christmas Day 1830 using the Best Friend of Charleston steam locomotive on six miles of track in Charleston, South Carolina.he first American railroad to operate with a steam locomotive was the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company which built a railroad between coal fields at Carbondale and its canal at Honesdale, Pennsylvania. In 1828, the D&H ordered a steam locomotive from Britain's Foster, Rastrick & Company.