1821 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1821. == Events == === April event === April 19 – Stockton and Darlington Railway is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. === November event === November – Henry Robinson Palmer patents a monorail system in England. == Births == === May births === May 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1885). === August births === August 10 – Jay Cooke, financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1905). August 17 – John Saxby, English railway signalling engineer (d. 1913). === October births === October 21 - Collis P. Huntington, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1900). === December births === December 17 - Frederick W. Lander, Chief Civil Engineer for the Pacific Railroad (d. 1862). == References ==