1829 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1829.

Events

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  Stourbridge Lion's first run, recreated ca. 1916

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  Stephenson’s Rocket, contemporary drawing

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  Carrollton Viaduct, in 1971

August events

• August 8 - The Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive delivered to the Delaware and Hudson Railway, operates for the first time in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
• August 25 - Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common carrier railroad, is operated in a race against a horsecar.^[1]

October events

• October 6–14 - The Rainhill Trials, an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, was run near Rainhill, east of Liverpool, England and won by Stephenson's Rocket.

December events

• December 21 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Carrollton Viaduct, the first stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States and the world's oldest railway bridge still in use, is opened for service.^[2]

Unknown date events

• The Leiper Railroad, connecting Crum Creek to Ridley Creek, Pennsylvania closes to be replaced by the Leiper Canal.

Births

May births

• May 28 - Albert Bowman Rogers, American surveyor who found Rogers Pass for the Canadian Pacific Railway (d. 1889).

June births

• June 5 - George Stephen, first president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1881-1888 (d. 1921).

References

1. ↑ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved 2006-08-25. 
2. ↑ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: December". Retrieved 2006-12-21.