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When trains were introduced as a popular means of transportation some of the first tracks laid terminated in New York and the expansion of railroads led to the birth of train stations across the countryIn general these were small buildings where passenger could buy tickets and wait for their trains to arrive and according an article written by Samuel Dunn around the turn of the 20th century The first Manhattan terminal was opened in 1832 at Centre Street near the present City Hall by the New York and Harlem road now leased to the New York Central Trains were run by steam as far south as Fourteenth Street and pulled from there by horsesIf it is hard to conceive of large box cars or even heavier locomotives being pulled by horse its important to remember that the first train cars were little more than traditional carriages designed to move on iron tracks