1839 in rail transport

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

Events

January events

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

• March 4 –
  Boston and Providence Rail Road
  .
• March 5 – Bristol and Exeter Railway adopts 7 ft (2,134 mm) for its track gauge.
• March 12 –
  Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad is incorporated in Maine
  .

• April 3 –
  Andover and Haverhill Railroad reorganizes and changes its name for a second time to Boston and Portland Railroad, reflecting plans to extend its line to Portland, Maine
  .

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

August events

• August 12
  • Ulster Railway opened between Belfast and Lisburn, on 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm) gauge.
  • The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in England opens.

September events

• September 20 – Official opening of the first railway line in the
  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][page needed]}
• 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]

• June 24 –
  Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America
  (died 1903).

• July 17 – Ephraim Shay, American inventor of the Shay locomotive (died 1916).
• July 22 – David Moffat, Colorado railroad financier (died 1911).

August births

• August 20 – Gaston du Bousquet, French steam locomotive designer (died 1910).

December births

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

Deaths

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References

• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
• OCLC 1785797
  .