1838 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1838.
Events
January events
- January 1 – The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the U.S.[1]
- January 20 – Travelling Post Office (with sorting of mail en route) introduced on Grand Junction Railway in England, initially on an experimental basis.[2]
February events
- February 12 – The Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Roadmerge, keeping the PW&B name.
March events
- March 28 – Jean-Claude-Républicain Arnoux applies for a patent for his train articulation system that will come to be known as the Arnoux system.
June events
- June 4 – First section of Paddington to Maidenhead (temporary stations).[3]
- June 18 –
July events
- July 7 – An act of the United States Congress officially designates all railroads in the United States as postal routes.[1]
September events
- September 17 – Curzon Street railway station, Birmingham, on completion of Kilsby Tunnel under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson, the first trunk line in England.[5][6][7]
- September 22 – Berlin–Potsdam Railway is opened from Berlin-Zehlendorf to Potsdam, the first railway in Prussia.
October events
- October 31 – North Union Railway in England opens from Wigan to Preston.
November events
- November 16 – Final section of Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (Rajhrad–Brno) in Moravia (Austrian Empire) opens for exhibition (preliminary) use.
Unknown date events
- The first "bed-carriage" (passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England.[8]
Births
September births
- September 16 – James J. Hill, American financier who gains control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916).
Deaths
September deaths
- Rhys Davies, British mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.
References
- Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.
- ^ a b "The Post Office Role in U.S. Development – Railway Mail Service". Inventions. ThoughtCo. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2005-07-07.
- ISBN 0-7110-1459-0.
- ^ MacDermot, E. T. (1964). History of the Great Western Railway. London: Ian Allan.
- ISBN 0-7153-7855-4.
- ISBN 0-239-00105-2.
- ISBN 0-906899-66-4.
- ISBN 0-906867-78-9.
- ^ Ellis, Hamilton (1965). Railway Carriages in the British Isles from 1830 to 1914. London: George Allen & Unwin.