1843 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1843.

Events

October events

• October – Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad.

Unknown date events

• John Cooke, future founder of Cooke Locomotive Works, is promoted to superintendent at American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Births

February births

• February 3 – William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (d. 1915).

November births

• November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of New York Central railroad (d. 1899).

Deaths

References

• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.