1823 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1823.
Events
June
- June 23 â Robert Stephenson, his father George Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to build steam locomotives.[1]
Births
September
- September 27 â Frederick H. Billings, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1879â1881, is born (d. 1890).[2]
December
- December 28 â Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871â1872 (d. 1881).[3]