1837 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 24 - The Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn, the first major railway line to be built between important cities in Germany, begins passenger operations.

July events

* July 4 - The Grand Junction Railway, the first trunk railway to be completed in Britain is opened from Birmingham to Warrington, England (mi to km|82|abbr=yes), where it connects with other lines. [cite book|author=Webster, Norman W|title=Britain's First Trunk Line – the Grand Junction Railway|1972|publisher: Adams & Dart|location=Bath|isbn=0-239-00105-2]
* July 20 - Euston station is opened as the first London terminus.

August events

* August 24 - Queen Marie Amélie and King Louis-Philippe officially open first section of the Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye line, the first steam-worked passenger railway in France.

October events

* October 30 - The first Russian railroad, between Saint Petersburg and Zarskoje Selo with a length of 23 km (14 miles), opens. The locomotive for the new railway was built by Englishman Timothy Hackworth and the gauge is 1829 mm (6 ft). Because the track connected the pleasure sites of the nobility, it was called "the train to the pub." [cite book|author=Haywood, Richard Mowbray|title=The beginnings of railway development in Russia in the reign of Nicholas I, 1835-1842|date=1969|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham, N.C.]

November events

* November 10 - Opening of first railroad in Cuba (and the Spanish Empire), Havana–Güines, principally for sugar traffic. [cite book|author=Comisión Oficial para la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Ferrocarril en España|title=Cien años de ferrocarril en España, 1|publisher=Comisión|location=Madrid|date=1948]
* November 23 - Opening of first railroad in Austria, the Kaiser Ferdinands Nordbahn, Vienna–Floridsdorf–Deutsch-Wagram (17.7 km).

Unknown date events

* Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor receives the company's first order for new steam locomotives; the order for two locomotives is placed by the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad and is intended to be the beginning of the railroad's locomotive fleet.

Births

April births

* April 17 - J. P. Morgan, American financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (d. 1913). [cite book|author=Sinclair, Andrew|title=Corsair: the life of J. Pierpoint Morgan|date=1981|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|isbn=0-297-77864-1]

May births

* May 6 - William Barstow Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1881–1889 (d. 1914). [cite web|author=Pearson Education|title= William Barstow (d. 1914). Strong|date=2005|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0772575.html|accessdate=2005-06-02]
* May 23 - Anatole Mallet, inventor of the Mallet locomotive type (d. 1919).

June births

* June 25 - Charles Tyson Yerkes, American financier of rapid transit systems in Chicago and London (d. 1905). [cite web|url=http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s06/franch.html|title=Robber Baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes]

eptember births

* September 26 - Allen Manvel, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1889–1893 (d. 1893).

Deaths

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