A Long time ago, people rode horses, too. Horses pulled the train cars. In 1830, Peter Cooper built a steam locomotive.His locomotive and a horse had a race. His locomotive was faster and stronger than the horse. But the locomotive broke down, and the horse won the race. They had another race. This the steam locomotive won. Today trains are faster and stronger than Peter Cooper s steam locomotive .Some trains con go faster than 430 kilometers per hour. That s tast.