1844 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1844.
Events
February events
- February 7 – The South Eastern Railway (England) is officially opened throughout from London to Dover.[1]
March events
- March 16 – trackage rights rates between Wilmington and Boston.
- March 29 – Atmospheric railway opened between Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) and Dalkey in Ireland.[2]
May events
- May 1 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway extension to Exeter in England opens.
- May 6 – Royal Academy in London.
- May 10 – The Midland Railway in England is formed by a merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.[3]
June events
- June 15 – Opening of first railway in Switzerland, from Basel to St Ludwig (modern-day Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin) in France (6.4 km).[4][page needed]
July events
- July 4 – South Devon Railway in England obtains its authorising Act of Parliament.
August events
- August 9 – In the carriagesused on these trains be provided with seats and afford passengers protection from the weather.
October events
- October –
Unknown date events
- Egide Walschaerts of the Belgian State Railways originates Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives.
Births
March births
- March 6 – Norfolk and Western(d. 1903).
April births
- April 5 – R. J. Billinton, English Locomotive, Carriage, Wagon and Marine Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1890–1904 (d. 1904).
June births
- June 21 – Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, establishes the first Congo railway (d. 1909).[6]
August births
- August 6 – James Henry Greathead, English inventor of the tunnelling shield used for the London Underground (d. 1896).[7]
October births
- October 21 – Albert Alonzo Robinson, vice president and general manager of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is born (d. 1918).
Deaths
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References
- ISBN 0-906520-85-1.
- ISBN 0-7153-4107-3.
- ^ www.railuk.info
- OCLC 24175552.
- ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-15.
- ^ "Etcetera – Today in History – June 21". Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2005-07-19.
- ISBN 0-901461-22-9.