1839 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1839.

Events

January events

• January 1 – The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company opens its route between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey.

March events

• March 4 – William F. Harnden, founder of Harnden and Company, becomes the first person to send an express shipment by rail when he ships an express package from Boston, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island, on the Boston and Providence Railroad.

October events

• October 19 – George Bradshaw publishes the world's first railway timetable in Manchester, England.
• October – Eleazer Lord succeeds James G. King for a second term as president of the Erie Railroad.

Births

December births

• December 8 – Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899–1906 (d. 1906).

Deaths

References

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt. Retrieved February 22 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 30 2005.
• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.
• White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9–15.