1841 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1841.

Years in rail transport

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Events

March events

• March 1 – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England (via Summit Tunnel).[1]
• March 29 – The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Greenock.

May events

• May – James Bowen succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.[2]

June events

• June 14 – The first section of the Bristol and Exeter Railway's main line is opened between Bristol and Bridgwater in England.[3][4]
• June 30 – Great Western Railway of England completed throughout between London and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, including Box Tunnel.[5]

July events

• July 5 – Thomas Cook arranges his first excursion, taking 570 temperance campaigners on the Midland Counties Railway from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, England.[6]

September events

• September 19 – Inauguration of first international railway line (between Strasbourg (France) and Basel (Switzerland), but with a terminus in Basel; first continuous line October 15, 1843, between Antwerp (Belgium) and Köln (Germany)).
• September 21 – The London and Brighton Railway is opened throughout, in England.[7]

Unknown date events

• Draughtsman William Howe and pattern-maker William Williams of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne originate Stephenson valve gear for steam locomotives.
• Joseph R. Anderson becomes manager of the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm Tredegar Iron Works.

References

1. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
2. Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
3. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol I. London: Great Western Railway. p. 130.
4. MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol II. London: Great Western Railway. pp. 130-ff.
5. Body, Geoffrey (1985). Western Handbook – a digest of GWR and WR data. Weston-super-Mare: British Rail (Western). ISBN 0-905466-70-5.
6. Derby Railway History Research Group (1989). The Midland Counties Railway. Gwernymynydd: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-11-3.
7. Turner, J. T. Howard (1977). The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1, Origins and Formation. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X.