1829 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1829.
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[edit] Events
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Stourbridge Lion's first run, recreated ca. 1916
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Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb, replica ca. 1927
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Stephenson’s Rocket, contemporary drawing
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Carrollton Viaduct, in 1971
[edit] August events
- August 8 - The Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive delivered to the Delaware and Hudson Railway, operates for the first time in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
- August 25 - Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.[1]
[edit] October events
- October 6–14 - The Rainhill Trials, an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, was run near Rainhill, east of Liverpool, England and won by Stephenson's Rocket.
[edit] December events
- December 21 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Carrollton Viaduct, the first stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States and the world's oldest railway bridge still in use, is opened for service.[2]
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Leiper Railroad, connecting Crum Creek to Ridley Creek, Pennsylvania closes to be replaced by the Leiper Canal.
[edit] Births
[edit] May births
- May 28 - Albert Bowman Rogers, American surveyor who found Rogers Pass for the Canadian Pacific Railway (d. 1889).
[edit] June births
- June 5 - George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881-1888 (d. 1921).
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: December". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histdec.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
