1838 in rail transport

none 1837 1838 1839 1830 Events January events January 1 – The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the U.S.http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmailus2c.htm https://archive.today/20120709092544/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmailus2c.htm dead July 9, 2012 Inventions ThoughtCo The Post Office Role in U.S. Development – Railway Mail Service 2005-07-07 January 20 – Travelling Post Office (with sorting of mail en route) introduced on Grand Junction Railway in England, initially on an experimental basis.Johnson, Peter The British Travelling Post Office Ian Allan London 1985 0-7110-1459-0 13 https://archive.org/details/britishtravellin0000john/page/13 February events February 12 – The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B), Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad and Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Road merge, keeping the PW&B name. March events March 28 – Jean-Claude-Républicain Arnoux applies for a patent for his train articulation system that will come to be known as the Arnoux system. June events June 4 – First section of Great Western Railway of England opens from London Paddington to Maidenhead (temporary stations).MacDermot, E. T. History of the Great Western Railway 1964 Ian Allan London June 18 – Newcastle and Carlisle Railway opens, the first line across England.Whittle, G. The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway 1979 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-7855-4 July events July 7 – An act of the United States Congress officially designates all railroads in the United States as postal routes. September events September 17 – London and Birmingham Railway is opened throughout to its terminus at Curzon Street railway station, Birmingham, on completion of Kilsby Tunnel under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson, the first trunk line in England.Webster, Norman W. Britain's First Trunk Line – the Grand Junction Railway 1972 Adams & Dart Bath 0-239-00105-2Reed, M. C. The London & North Western Railway: a history 1996 Atlantic Penryn 0-906899-66-4Foster, Richard Birmingham New Street – the story of a great station, including Curzon Street, 1: Background and beginnings: the years up to 1860 1990 Wild Swan Publications Didcot 0-906867-78-9 September 22 – Berlin–Potsdam Railway is opened from Berlin-Zehlendorf to Potsdam, the first railway in Prussia. October events October 31 – North Union Railway in England opens from Wigan to Preston. November events November 16 – Final section of Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (Rajhrad–Brno) in Moravia (Austrian Empire) opens for exhibition (preliminary) use. Unknown date events The first "bed-carriage" (sleeping car) passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England.Ellis, Hamilton Railway Carriages in the British Isles from 1830 to 1914 1965 George Allen & Unwin London Births September births September 16 – James J. Hill, American financier who gains control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916). Deaths September deaths Rhys Davies, British mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia. References Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.