1842 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 31 - The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway opens to Oldham Werneth railway station in northwest England.
[edit] April events
- April 11 - The French government enacts the Loi relative à l'établissement des grandes lignes de chemins de fer which establishes the plan for French railroads' placement in a star pattern centered around Paris.
[edit] May events
- May 8 - A passenger train traveling between Paris and Versailles derails near Moudon and catches fire, killing 55 people.
[edit] June events
- June 13 - Queen Victoria made her first journey by rail (Slough to Paddington).
[edit] December events
- December - William Maxwell succeeds James Bowen as president of the Erie Railroad.
[edit] Births
[edit] October births
- October 12 - Robert Gillespie Reid, builder of many Canadian railway bridges as well as the Newfoundland Railway (d. 1908).
[edit] December births
- December 7 - George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1903–1909 (d. 1910).
[edit] Unknown date births
- George Frederick Baer, president of Reading Company (d. 1914).
- Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (d. 1914).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch. Retrieved February 15, 2005.
- Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
