Brisbane’s Original Electric Trains Take One Last Journey

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The electrification of railways started at a trade exhibition in Berlin in 1879, where Werner von Siemens showed visitors a small, one-ton electric mining locomotive. It had three horses, with which it pulled three carts with visitors, and later transported coal in the mine near Senftenberg. We also had our Siemens, his name was František Křižík. He did not achieve world fame, although he deserved it. As a young man, he worked his way up to the …