1812, 1813, 1814

Years in rail transport

1812 in rail transport 1813 in rail transport 1814 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1813.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 February births 2.2 May births 2.3 September births 2.4 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

[edit] February births

• February 16 - Joseph R. Anderson, owner of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Tredegar Iron Works (d. 1892).
• February 23 - John M. Forbes, president of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (d. 1898).

[edit] May births

• May 14 - Charles Beyer, German-British steam locomotive manufacturer, co-founder of Beyer-Peacock (d. 1876).^[1]

[edit] September births

• September 1 - Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.

[edit] Unknown date births

• Wilson Eddy, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1898).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9. 

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0. 
• White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9-15.