1807 in rail transport

none 1806 1807 1808 1800 Events March March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.Charles E. Lee The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line London Railway Publishing Co. 1942 May May - closure of the Low Moor WaggonwaySilkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report 1 August 2012 http://iadb.co.uk/epip/Silkstone%20Waggonway%20Vol%201%20text%20plates%20figures.pdf Yorkshire Archaeological Trust 2019-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311113301/http://iadb.co.uk/epip/Silkstone%20Waggonway%20Vol%201%20text%20plates%20figures.pdf 2016-03-11 dead Births January births January 9 – Matthias von Schönerer, Austrian railway engineer (d. 1881). March births March 27 – James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct in the United States (d. 1877). November births November 5 – Oliver Ames Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).Spencer Marks (2005). The Ames Family of North Easton, MA https://web.archive.org/web/20150930052654/http://www.spencermarks.com/html/ames_family.html 2015-09-30 . Retrieved December 29, 2005.Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific: Significant Individuals https://web.archive.org/web/20120915040706/http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/sig-indv.shtml 2012-09-15. Retrieved December 29, 2005. December births December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005. References