1839 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1839.
Contents
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
September events
- September 20 - Official opening of the first railway line in the Netherlands, locomotive De Arend, broad gauge (1945 mm).
- September 24 - The first railway line in the Netherlands, 19 km between Amsterdam and Haarlem, opens for the public.[1]
- September 26 – The Taunus Railway opens its route between the Free City of Frankfurt and Höchst, Duchy of Nassau.
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]
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 (died 1903).
July births
- July 17 - Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive (died 1916).
December births
- December 8 - Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906 (died 1906).[3]
Unknown date births
- David Moffat, Colorado railroad financier (died 1911).
Deaths
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References
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
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