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In the mid-1800s, locomotives were better than other available forms of transportation in terms of speed, carrying capacity, reliability, etc. However locomotives had the disadvantage that they were limited in the places they could get to by where tracks had been laid, other forms of transportation available at the time locomotives were introduced could get anywhere that people lived.

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Well in the 1800s trains were the fastest way that you could travel. Trains were more comfortable to ride than bumpy roads. The only better way to travel was by steam ship.

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It allowed people to travel quicker.

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