1830 in rail transport

none 1829 1830 1831 1830 Events January events January 7 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road opens its first section, 1+1/2 mi km, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. January 9 – Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina, for the first railroad to use steam locomotives in South Carolina, the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road. February events February 4 – The Camden and Amboy Rail Road, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered. March events March 15 – The New Orleans, Louisiana, City Council approves the right of way for the construction of the Pontchartrain Rail-Road. May events May 3 – Ceremonial opening of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway in England. The steam locomotive Invicta is used on a level section of the route.Left Sarah Key dates in Britain's railway history The Guardian Unlimited 2002-01-15 https://www.theguardian.com/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html May 22 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road completes construction on the line between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. May 24 – The first revenue trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road operate between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, a distance of 13 mi. August events thumb|Slightly fanciful contemporary depiction of Liverpool and Manchester Railway Construction begins on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad between Albany and Schenectady, New York. August 28 – In a race between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road's Tom Thumb and a stagecoach near Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, the horse and coach wins.https://books.google.com/books?id=1Pk_AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Tom+Thumb%22+locomotive+race&pg=RA1-PA32 Peter Cooper's Locomotive 32 The Manufacturer and Builder February 1872 IV 2 September 18, 2015https://books.google.com/books?id=TfYeAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Tom+Thumb%22+locomotive+race&pg=RA2-PA142 142 The Inception and Progress of Railways Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences February 1, 1886 P.H. Dudley September 18, 2015 September events September 15 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose built passenger railway operated by steam locomotives, opens in England from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill, Liverpool. September 18 – Robert Stephenson is appointed to survey the London and Birmingham Railway.Rolt, L. T. C. L. T. C. Rolt George and Robert Stephenson: the railway revolution Longmans London 1960 215 November events November 11 – The first transit of mail via railways occurs between Liverpool and Manchester, England.Mail Coaches http://postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_MailCoaches_web.pdf The British Postal Museum & Archive London 2012-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110102210143/http://postalheritage.org.uk/history/downloads/BPMA_Info_Sheet_MailCoaches_web.pdf 2011-01-02 dead December events December 25 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road begins operations. Unknown date events The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine. Births January births January 2 – Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of Florida East Coast Railway (d. 1913). January 30 – Thomas Fremantle, director of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1868 and chairman 1896–1908 (d. 1918). April births April 5 (probable date) – Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish-born steam locomotive designer (d. 1885).Geoffrey Hughes Fairlie, Robert Francis (1830–1885) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9101 2014-08-01 10.1093/ref:odnb/9101 July births July 29 – Robert Harris, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1884-1888 (d. 1894).The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887 Chicago Railway Age 1887 144–145 Deaths September deaths September 15 – William Huskisson, the popular MP for Liverpool, at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, misjudges the speed of the approaching locomotive Rocket and is run over, becoming the world's first railway passenger fatality (b. 1770). Miscellaneous The board game 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons and its video game adaptation has players lead railroad companies in the United States during the year 1830. References Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.