1839 in rail transport

1839 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company opens its route between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey.

March events

* March 4 - William F. Harnden, founder of Harnden and Company, becomes the first person to send an express shipment by rail when he ships an express package from Boston, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island, on the Boston and Providence Rail Road.

June events

* June 4 - The London and Southampton Railway is renamed the London and South Western Railway.

August events

* August 12 - Ulster Railway opened between Belfast and Lisburn, on 6 ft 2 in (1.6 m) gauge.

eptember events

* September 20 - Official opening of the first railway line in the Netherlands, locomotive ‘De Arend’, line in broad gauge (1945 millimeter).
* September 24 - The first railway line in the Netherlands, 19 km between Amsterdam and Haarlem, opens for the public. [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

October events

* October 3 - The first railway line in Italy, 7 km between Naples and Portici, opens.
* October 19 - George Bradshaw publishes the world's first collective railway timetable book in Manchester, England.
* October - Eleazer Lord succeeds James G. King for a second term 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]

Births

June births

* June 24 - Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America (d. 1903).

July births

* July 17 - Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive (d. 1916).

December births

* December 8 - Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906 (d. 1906). [cite web|author=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|date=2005|url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/cassatt.html|title=RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt|accessdate=2005-02-22]

Unknown date births

* David Moffat, Colorado railroad financier (d. 1911).

Deaths

References

* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This Month in Railroad History: March] ". Retrieved March 30 2005.
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