1843 in rail transport

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

Events

January events

• January 3 - The Great Western Railway of England officially opens its Swindon Works.^[1]

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 - The Leeds and Bradford Railway, in West Yorkshire, England, obtains its Act of Parliament.

October events

• October - Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad.^[2]
• October 15 - Official opening of first continuous international railway line between Antwerp, Belgium and Köln, Germany (third day of the opening festivities of Antwerp-Köln, part Liège (Belgium) - Köln).

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).
• February 27 – Thomas Lowry, president of Minneapolis Street Railway 1877-1892, president of Twin City Rapid Transit, president of Soo Line Railroad 1889-1890 and 1892-1909, is born (d. 1909).

July births

• July 15 – Thomas Fletcher Oakes, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1888-1893 (d. 1919).^[3]

November births

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

References

1. ↑ Peck, Alan S. (1983). The Great Western at Swindon Works. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 39. ISBN 0-86093-177-3. 
2. ↑ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-02. 
3. ↑ The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887. Chicago, Illinois: Railway Age. 1887. p. 236.