1842 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March events 1.2 April events 1.3 May events 1.4 June events 1.5 December events 2 Births 2.1 December births 2.2 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 4 References

[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] 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.