1831 in rail transport

1831 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 23 - the Pontchartrain Rail-Road begins operation.
* April 25
** Matthias W. Baldwin displays a model steam locomotive at the Philadelphia City Museum a year before building his first full-size locomotive for a working railroad. [cite web|author=Mitchell, Frank|date=March 1999|url=http://www.puffingbilly.com.au/fan/heritage/baldwin.htm|title=M. W. Baldwin|accessdate=2005-02-15]
** The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated.

May events

* May - Members of a Manchester (England) Sunday School are conveyed by a special train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Liverpool, the first recorded private railway excursion. [cite book|author=Thomas, R. H. G.|title=The Liverpool & Manchester Railway|date=1980|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=0-7134-0537-6|pages=p. 195]

June events

* June 17 - The first boiler explosion in the United States occurs when the engineer on the "Best Friend of Charleston" ties the steam safety pressure release valve shut.Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm This Month in Railroad History - June] ". Retrieved June 13 2005.]
* June 18 - The "John Bull" is constructed by Robert Stephenson and Company in England.
* June 21 - The Boston and Providence Rail Road is incorporated and chartered to build a railroad connection between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
* June 23 - The Boston and Worcester Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in Massachusetts.

July events

* July 14 - The "John Bull" departs Liverpool aboard the steamship "Allegheny" bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

August events

* August 9 - The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, the first railroad built in New York state, opens.

eptember events

* September 4 - The "John Bull" arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Liverpool.
* September 15 - The "John Bull" is operated for the first time on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
* September 24 - The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad opens between Albany and Schenectady, New York.

November events

* November 12 - Robert L. Stevens, president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad hosts a demonstration run of the "John Bull" for New Jersey politicians and dignitaries.

Unknown date events

* The first railroad built in Virginia, the Chesterfield Railroad, begins operations.
* The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated to build a passenger railroad between its namesake cities.
* John B. Jervis becomes the chief engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central.

Births

March births

* March - Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1885)." [http://www.steamindex.com/people/fairlie.htm Robert Francis Fairlie] ". Retrieved February 9 2005.]
* March 3 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist, founder of the Pullman Company (d. 1897)

August births

* August 26 - T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880–1881 (d. 1920).The Political Graveyard (March 10 2005), " [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts] ". Retrieved December 29 2005.]

Unknown date births

* Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (d. 1912).

Deaths

References

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