1803 in rail transport

none 1802 1803 1804 1800 Events May events May – First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales.M.R.C. Price The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway Oxford Oakwood Press 1992 0-85361-423-7 July events July 26 – The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England.Derek A. Bayliss Retracing the first Public Railway Living History 2nd 1985 Births June births June 10 – Anson P. Morrill, president of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866 and 1873–1875 (d. 1887).Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000967 Morrill, Anson Peaslee (1803–1887) 2005-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20051227170319/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000967 27 December 2005 October births October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer and steam locomotive builder.Marshall, John Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers 2nd Oxford Railway and Canal Historical Society 2003 0-901461-22-9 John Marshall (railway historian) November births November 9 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863 (d. 1883). References