1838 in rail transport

1838 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the U.S.]

Unknown date events

* The first "bed-carriage" (sleeping car) passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England. [cite book|author=Ellis, Hamilton|title=Railway Carriages in the British Isles from 1830 to 1914|date=1965|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|location=London]

Births

eptember births

* September 16 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916).

Deaths

eptember deaths

* Rhys Davies, British mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.

References

* Association of American Railroads (January 2005), " [http://www.railfanclub.org/archives/newsletters/January05/ThisMonth.htm This Month in Railroad History - January] ". Retrieved May 23, 2005.


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