1831 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1831.

Events

April events

• April 25 – Matthias W. Baldwin displays a model steam locomotive at the Philadelphia City Museum a year before building his first full-size locomotive for a working railroad.

June events

• June 18 – The John Bull is constructed by Robert Stephenson and Company in England.
• June 23 – The Boston and Worcester Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in Massachusetts.

July events

• July 14 – The John Bull departs Liverpool aboard the steamship Allegheny bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

September events

• September 4 – The John Bull arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Liverpool.
• September 15 – The John Bull is operated for the first time on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

November events

• November 12 – Robert L. Stevens, president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad hosts a demonstration run of the John Bull for New Jersey politicians and dignitaries.

Unknown date events

• The first railroad built in Virginia, the Chesterfield Railroad, begins operations.
• The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated to build a passenger railroad between its namesake cities.
• John B. Jervis becomes the chief engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central.

Births

March births

• March – Robert F. Fairlie, English steam locomotive builder (d. 1885).
• March 3 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist, founder of the Pullman Company (d. 1897)

Unknown date births

• Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (d. 1912).

Deaths

References

• Mitchell, Frank (March 1999), M. W. Baldwin. Retrieved February 15 2005.
• Robert Francis Fairlie. Retrieved February 9 2005.
• White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.