The steam locomotive was one of the most important inventions that helped drive the Industrial Revolution. This invention also advanced the commercial system in the early stages of the United States. The locomotive brought "economic, social, and political philosophical changes that the invention of the locomotive would bring." » (Improvement of the steam locomotive) The steam locomotive also gave the possibility of moving. companies and goods to any part of the country led to the growth of settlements in the countryside. Without the invention of railways, the geography and infrastructure would not be the same as they are today. The steam locomotive was a vehicle designed to operate on railways which produced energy using a steam engine. Locomotives are powered by burning materials, usually coal, oil (gas), or wood, to produce steam in a container that powers the steam engine. The locomotive was also designed to carry additional fuel or any other supplies on the locomotive itself. It's also important to note that a "train" is a train when there are carriages connected to the rear of the train. The steam locomotive is composed when the tender pulls wagons on the train. The inventor of the steam locomotive, George Stephenson, was born on June 9, 1781 in a poor mining town of Wylam. George began building his locomotive idea after learning that William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth were designing one for the coal mines. After 10 months of hard work, George finally completed the locomotive and tested it on the ascending tracks of the Cillingwood Railway on July 25, 1814. George also used sixteen different engines before creating the most successful engine to create the steam locomotive. The inventor of the first American-made steam locomotive was in 1830 (first...... middle of paper......to pass through this region in order to benefit from it. At first it was unreasonable and governments then often had to act and decide where track lines should be placed before the less profitable track lines could be built. Laws about track size and safety had to be enforced so that alternative paths could be made. railroads could easily connect and operate their own trains on their company's tracks without disobeying safety laws and to avoid train collisions. As expected, each railroad wanted to avoid the expense of running. adapting its own track size to another company's typical track, so the government had to step in and impose standard track sizes and safety laws. Now that the railroads have economically combined their tracks. countries, governments direct their development by politically combining their population and increasing their own power..