1833 in rail transport

none 1832 1833 1834 1830 Events February events February 15 – The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line. March events March 15 – Andover and Wilmington Railroad is incorporated to build a branch from the Boston and Lowell Railroad at Wilmington, Massachusetts, north to Andover, Massachusetts. April events April 29 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered. May events May 6 – Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Jenkinson, David The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence 1988 Capital Transport Harrow Weald 1-85414-102-3 8 David Jenkinson June events June 6 – Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott Mills to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office.'Rails Across America', Association of American Railroads, School and College Service, Washington D.C.,1960 September events September – Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad.Stratton, Fred http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html Erie Railroad presidents 2005-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html 18 March 2005 dead November events November 8 – The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths. December events December 17 – Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey opens throughout. Unknown date events Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia. The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.October 2016 Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered.http://erielackhs.org/Erie/ERIEHOME.html Erie Railroad Home Page - Erie Lackawanna Historical Society 2008-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080513205247/https://www.erielackhs.org/Erie/ERIEHOME.html 2008-05-13 Accessed November 30, 2008. Births March births March 6 – William Stroudley, locomotive and carriage superintendent for Highland Railway 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Brighton Works 1870–1889, is born (d. 1889). Deaths April deaths April 22 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771). References