1801 in rail transport

none 1800 1801 1802 1800 Events May May 21 – The Surrey Iron Railway in England is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the first railway company established by statute and independently of a canal company.Dorian Gerhold The rise and fall of the Surrey Iron Railway, 1802–46 Surrey Archaeological Collections Surrey Archaeological Society 95 2010 193–210 December December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill, Camborne in Cornwall.http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm Railroads – Business History of Companies KipNotes.com 2008-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080705140646/http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm 5 July 2008 Births September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849–1852 (d. 1870). References