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1839 in rail transport
Events
January events
January 1 â The
New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company
opens its route between
Trenton
and
New Brunswick, New Jersey
.
March events
March 4 âÂÂ
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 Rail Road
.
March 5 âÂÂ
Bristol and Exeter Railway
adopts for its
track gauge
.
March 12 âÂÂ
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
is incorporated in
Maine
.
April events
April 3 âÂÂ
Andover and Haverhill Railroad
reorganizes and changes its name for a second time to Boston and Portland Railroad, reflecting plans to extend its line to
Portland
,
Maine
.
June events
June 4 â The
London and Southampton Railway
is renamed the
London and South Western Railway
.
August events
August 12
Ulster
Railway opened between
Belfast
and
Lisburn
, on 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm)
gauge
.
The
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
in
England
opens.
September events
September 20 â Official opening of the first railway line in the
Netherlands
, locomotive
De Arend
, broad gauge (1945 mm).
September 24 â The first railway line in the
Netherlands
, 19 km between
Amsterdam
and
Haarlem
, opens for the public.
September 26 â The
Taunus Railway
opens its route between the
Free City of Frankfurt
and
Höchst
,
Duchy of Nassau
.
October events
October 3 â The first railway line in
Italy
, 7 km between
Naples
and
Portici
, opens.
October 19 âÂÂ
George Bradshaw
publishes the world's first collective railway
timetable
book in
Manchester
,
England
.
October âÂÂ
Eleazer Lord
succeeds
James G. King
for a second term as president of the
Erie Railroad
.
Births
June births
June 24 âÂÂ
Gustavus Franklin Swift
, American founder of
Swift and Company
which pioneered the use of
refrigerator car
s in late 19th century
America
(died 1903).
July births
July 17 âÂÂ
Ephraim Shay
, American inventor of the
Shay locomotive
(died 1916).
July 22 âÂÂ
David Moffat
,
Colorado
railroad financier (died 1911).
August births
August 20 âÂÂ
Gaston du Bousquet
, French steam locomotive designer (died 1910).
December births
December 8 âÂÂ
Alexander J. Cassatt
, president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
1899âÂÂ1906 (died 1906).
References
Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005),
This Month in Railroad History: March
. Retrieved March 30, 2005.