1780 in rail transport — yearbox in?=in rail transport cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1777 yp2=1778 yp3=1779 year=1780 ya1=1781 ya2=1782 ya3=1783 dp3=1750s dp2=1760s dp1=1770s d=1780s dn1=1790s dn2=1800s dn3=1810s|EventsBirthsJanuary births* January… … Wikipedia
1784 in rail transport — yearbox in?=in rail transport cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1781 yp2=1782 yp3=1783 year=1784 ya1=1785 ya2=1786 ya3=1787 dp3=1750s dp2=1760s dp1=1770s d=1780s dn1=1790s dn2=1800s dn3=1810s|EventsBirths*December 30 Stephen H.… … Wikipedia
1848 in rail transport — EventsFebruary events* February 15 The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Edinburgh, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between… … Wikipedia
June 9 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1881 ndash; The Canada Central Railway is merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway. * 1883 ndash; First commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago. 20th century * 1959 ndash; The Chicago, Aurora and Elgin… … Wikipedia
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Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 … Wikipedia
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William Nelson Page — (January 6, 1854 ndash;March 7, 1932), was a United States civil engineer, entrepreneur, capitalist, businessman, and industrialist. Born into an old Virginia family about seven years before the American Civil War (1861 1865), William Nelson Page … Wikipedia