1838 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1838.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 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.
[edit] February events
- February 12 - The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B), Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad and Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Road merge, keeping the PW&B name.
[edit] July events
- July 7 - An act of the United States Congress officially designates all railroads in the United States as postal routes.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Kilsby Tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway is completed under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson.
- Curzon Street railway station is opened on the London and Birmingham Railway.
- The first "bed-carriage" (sleeping car) passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England.
[edit] Births
[edit] September births
- September 16 - James J. Hill, American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] September deaths
- Rhys Davies, English mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Virginia.
[edit] References
- The Post Office Role in U.S. Development - Railway Mail Service. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History - January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.
