1843 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1843.

Events

February events

• February 25 - The Grand Duke of Hesse and Grand Duke of Baden in present day Germany agree to construct the Main-Neckar-Eisenbahn from Heidelberg to a connection with the state railway in Baden.

July events

• July - Leeds and Bradford Railway, in West Yorkshire, England, obtains an Act of Parliament.

October events

• October - Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad.^[1]

  Unknown date events

  • John Cooke, future founder of Cooke Locomotive Works, is promoted to superintendent at American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

  Births

  February births

  • February 3 – William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (d. 1915).

  July births

  • July 15 – Thomas Fletcher Oakes, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1888-1893, is born (d. 1919).^[2]

    November births

    • November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of New York Central railroad (d. 1899).

    Deaths

    References

    1. ^ Stratton, Fred. Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved on 2005-03-02.
    2. ^ (1887) The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887. Chicago, Illinois: Railway Age, 236. 

    
    

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