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CHAPTER SIX RAILWAY AND TRANSPORT 6.1 Evolution of the Railway 6.1.1 Historical Outline a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory Since the dawn of human activity, the quick and safe transportation of people and goods has been a constant goal of every organized society. It is generally acknowledged, that the foundation innovations in the development of transportation included the discovery of the wheel, the railway and the airplane. Railway trains in their present form first made their appearance at the beginning of the 19th century in British mines. Their main characterist