1812 in rail transport

1812 in rail transport

Events

July events

* July 6 - The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first public railway line to open in Scotland. It began life as a 9.5 mile (16 km), double track RailGauge|48 gauge, horse-drawn waggonway to carry coal from Kilmarnock to Troon harbour; the engineer was William Jessop. [cite book|author=Robertson, C. J. A.|date=1983|title=The Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844|location=Edinburgh|publisher=John Donald Publishers|isbn=0-85976-088-X]

August events

* August 12 - The Middleton Railway, serving coal pits at Leeds in England, becomes the first to use steam locomotives successfully in regular service. The first locomotive, "The Salamanca", is also the first to use two cylinders and has a rack railway mechanism devised by John Blenkinsop and built by Matthew Murray. [cite book|author=Bushell, J.|title=The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway|year=1975|publisher=Turntable Publications|location=Sheffield|isbn=0-902844-27-X]

Births

August births

* August 15 - William Kimmel, director for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (d. 1886).

December births

* December 12 - James Grant, first president of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 1851-1854 (d. 1891).

Unknown date births

* William F. Harnden, the first person to send an express shipment by rail (d. 1845).

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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