1815 in rail transport

none 1814 1815 1816 1810 Events February events February 6 – The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built. May or June events Bryn Oer Tramway in South Wales opened. July events July 31 – The boiler explosion of a locomotive designed by William Brunton on the Newbottle Waggonway in North East England kills around a dozen people, the first railway disaster.Rees, Jim Guy, Andy Mountford, Colin E The Private Railways of County Durham 2004 Industrial Railway Society Melton Mowbray 1-901556-29-8 The first industrial locomotives 11 Births January births January 21 - Daniel McCallum, Scottish-born General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855–1858 (d. 1878). March births March 24 - Edward Entwistle, first driver of the Rocket locomotive (d. 1909).England's first engine-driver http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW19070807.2.256.2 Otago Witness 7 August 1907 National Library of New Zealand Papers Past 2009-07-13 References