1838 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1838.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 September births 3 Deaths 3.1 September deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 1 - The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the US.

Unknown date events

• Kilsby Tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway is completed under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson.
• The first "bed-carriage" (sleeping car) passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England.

Births

September births

• September 16 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916).

Deaths

September deaths

• Rhys Davies, English mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Virginia.

References

• Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History - January (http://www.railfanclub.org/archives/newsletters/January05/ThisMonth.htm). Retrieved May 23, 2005.

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