1813 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1813.
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[edit] Events
- Passenger services (by horse-drawn coach) begin on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, the first such service in Scotland.[1]
[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).[2]
[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
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[edit] References
- ^ Guy, Andy; Rees, Jim (2011). Early Railways, 1569-1830. Oxford: Shire. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-74780-811-4.
- ^ 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.
