1819 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1819.
Events
April events
- April 13 â The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway in the midlands of England, opens for coal traffic.
June events
- June 24 â James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.[1]
Births
February births
- February 20 â Alfred Escher, Swiss railway promoter (d. 1882)
October births
- October 27 â Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant System of railroads (d. 1899).
Deaths
April deaths
- April 15 â Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor (b. 1755).