USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Iron horse is an iconic literary term (considered by the early 21st century to be transitioning into an archaic reference) for a steam locomotive, originating in the early 1800s, when horses still powered most machinery. The term was common and popular in both British and North American literary articles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The steam locomotive was first pioneered in England at the beginning of the 19th century by Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. But “old-844” was retired 21 years ago when diesels took over all of the passenger train duties. It’s now in Houston as part of nostalgic runs to remind people of how America once traveled.

Detailed explanation-4: -Powerful, steam-belching railroad locomotives, or iron horses as the Indians called them, now rode the Plains where buffalo once roamed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shipping costs were cut in half because the iron horse saved enormous time in transporting goods. Warfare between North and South in 1861 brought the first railroad war on a large scale.