what was the first train ever built
1 1804 - First steam locomotive railway known as Penydarren or Pen-y-Darren locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick, used to haul iron from Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon, Wales. 2  The first train carried a load of 10 tons of iron. 3  On one occasion it successfully tried hauling 25 tons. 1808 - The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was the first railway in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament. 2  It was a plateway, using L-shaped iron plates as rails. 3  In 1817 It was also the first in Scotland to use a steam locomotive. 4  It was the Bluecher blÃ¼cher From George stephenson used At Killingworth.  colliery