The first diesel locomotive made in China was successfully trial-produced by Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Factory in 1958, imitating the тэ 3 electric locomotive of the former Soviet Union. It is the "Julong" electric diesel locomotive. After improved design and finalization, it was named Dongfeng model and mass-produced.

1804, a British mining technician named Drevisk first made the world's first steam locomotive with Watt's steam engine. It is a single-cylinder steam engine, which can pull five carriages at a speed of 5 to 6 kilometers per hour. This kind of locomotive has no cab. When the locomotive is running, the driver walks by and drives. Because coal or firewood was used as fuel at that time, people called it "train" and it has been used ever since.