1843 in rail transport

1843 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 25 - The Grand Duke of Hesse and Grand Duke of Baden in present day Germany agree to construct the Main-Neckar-Eisenbahn from Heidelberg to a connection with the state railway in Baden.

July events

* July - Leeds and Bradford Railway, in West Yorkshire, England, obtains an Act of Parliament.

October events

* October - Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad. [cite web| author=Stratton, Fred| url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html| title=Erie Railroad presidents| accessdate=2005-03-02 ]
* October 15 - Official opening first continuous international railway line between Antwerp, Belgium and Köln, Germany (third day of the opening festivities of Antwerp - Köln, part Liège (Belgium) - Köln).

Unknown date events

* John Cooke, future founder of Cooke Locomotive Works, is promoted to superintendent at American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Births

February births

* February 3 – William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (d. 1915).

July births

* July 15 – Thomas Fletcher Oakes, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1888-1893, is born (d. 1919). [cite book| title=The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887| location=Chicago, Illinois| publisher=Railway Age| year=1887| page=236 ]

November births

* November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of New York Central railroad (d. 1899).

Deaths

References


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