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Events
May events
May 24 – The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.
November events
November 18 – The Hetton colliery railway, near Sunderland, England, opens for locomotive traction, being designed by George Stephenson to be wholly steam worked.http://www.locos-in-profile.co.uk/Articles/Early_Locos/early5.html George Stephenson: Hetton Colliery Locomotives Dart, Tallyho and Star Locos in Profile 2003-05-16 2008-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080719150238/http://www.locos-in-profile.co.uk/Articles/Early_Locos/early5.html 19 July 2008 dead
Births
September births
September 16 – Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1888).White, John H. Jr. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Spring 1986 America's most noteworthy railroaders Railroad History 154 9–15
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