1829 in rail transport

1829 in rail transport

Events

August events

* August 8 - The "Stourbridge Lion", the first steam locomotive delivered to the Delaware and Hudson Railway, operates for the first time in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
* August 25 - "Tom Thumb", the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.cite web| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| title=This Month in Railroad History: August| date=2005| accessdate=2006-08-25| ]

October events

* October 6-14 - The Rainhill Trials, an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, was run near Rainhill, east of Liverpool, England and won by "Stephenson's Rocket".

December events

* December 21 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Carrollton Viaduct, the first stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States and the world's oldest railway bridge still in use, is opened for service. [cite web| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histdec.htm| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| title=This month in railroad history: December| accessdate=2006-12-21| ]

Unknown date events

* The Leiper Railroad, connecting Crum Creek to Ridley Creek, Pennsylvania closes to be replaced by the Leiper Canal.

Births

May births

* May 28 - Albert Bowman Rogers, American surveyor who found Rogers Pass for the Canadian Pacific Railway (d. 1889).

June births

* June 5 - George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881-1888 (d. 1921).

Deaths

References


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