1839 in rail transport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1838, 1839, 1840

Years in rail transport

1838 in rail transport 1839 in rail transport 1840 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1839.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 March events 1.3 June events 1.4 August events 1.5 September events 1.6 October events 2 Births 2.1 June births 2.2 July births 2.3 December births 2.4 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January events

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] June events

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

[edit] August events

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

[edit] September events

• September 24 - The first railway line in the Netherlands, 19 km between Amsterdam and Haarlem, opens.^[1]

[edit] 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.^[2]

[edit] Births

[edit] 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).

[edit] July births

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

[edit] December births

• December 8 - Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906 (d. 1906).^[3]

[edit] Unknown date births

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

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797. 

1. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7. 
2. ^ Stratton, Fred. Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved on 2005-03-02.
3. ^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005). RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt. Retrieved on 2005-02-22.