1818 in rail transport

Years in rail transport:	1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years:	1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821

Events

November 13 – Public meeting in Darlington, England, resolves to promote a Stockton and Darlington Railway.^[1]

Births

July births

July 22 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866-1872, is born (died 1891).

Unknown date births

Septimus Norris, steam locomotive designer often credited as the designer of the first 4-6-0 (died 1862).

See also

Years in rail transport

References

↑ Holmes, P. J. (1975). The Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-1975. Ayr: First Avenue Publishing.

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