Siemens and Halske's Electric Engine Small 320×285 Medium 640×570 Large 1024×912 Download Tiff Original 2400×2138 | (4.9 MB) Description The first electric railway built in Berlin in 1879. The line was 2 feet wide and 2,700 feet long. Keywords motor, train Galleries Germany Miscellaneous, Rail Transportation Source: Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886) 676