1819 in rail transport

none 1818 1819 1820 1810 Events April events April 13 – The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway in the midlands of England, opens for coal traffic. June events June 24 – James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.https://steamindex.com/manlocos/manulist.htm#foster British locomotive manufacturers steamindex.com Foster Rastrick & Co. Stourbridge 25 March 2021 3 April 2024 Births February births February 20 – Alfred Escher, Swiss railway promoter (d. 1882) October births October 27 – Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant System of railroads (d. 1899). Deaths April deaths April 15 – Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor (b. 1755). References Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick. Retrieved April 4, 2005. Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick – Chronology. Retrieved April 22, 2005 — date for Foster, Rastrick and Company formation. Senate House Library, University of London, John Bradley & Co (Stourbridge) Ltd., Ironfounders https://web.archive.org/web/20180114184505/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=1695&inst_id=14 2018-01-14 . Retrieved April 22, 2005 — info on Foster, Rastrick and Company, verifies Foster family connections.