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