1840, 1841, 1842

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1841.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March events 1.2 May events 1.3 June events 1.4 July events 1.5 September events 1.6 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] March events

• 1 March – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England (via Summit Tunnel).^[1]
• 29 March - The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Greenock.

[edit] May events

• May - James Bowen succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.^[2]

[edit] June events

• June 30 - Great Western Railway of England completed throughout between London and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, including Box Tunnel.^[3]

[edit] July events

• July 5 – Thomas Cook arranges his first excursion, taking 570 temperance campaigners on the Midland Counties Railway from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, England.^[4]

[edit] September events

• September 19 - Inauguration first international railway line (between Strasbourg, France and Basel, Switzerland, but with a terminus in Basel, first continuous line on October 15, 1843 between Antwerp, Belgium and Köln, Germany)
• September 21 - The London and Brighton Railway is opened throughout, in England.^[5]

[edit] Unknown date events

• Joseph R. Anderson becomes manager of the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm Tredegar Iron Works.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1. 
2. ^ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. Retrieved 2005-03-02. 
3. ^ Body, Geoffrey (1985). Western Handbook – a digest of GWR and WR data. Weston-super-Mare: British Rail (Western). ISBN 0-905466-70-5. 
4. ^ Derby Railway History Research Group (1989). The Midland Counties Railway. Gwernymynydd: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-11-3. 
5. ^ Turner, J. T. Howard (1977). The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1, Origins and Formation. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X.