1807 in rail transport
| Years in rail transport |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1807.
Events
March events
- March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.[1]
Births
December births
- December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).[2]
Unknown date births
- Oliver Ames, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).[3][4]
- James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct (d. 1877).
References
- ↑ Lee, Charles E. (1942). The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London: Railway Publishing Co.
- ↑ William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- ↑ Spencer Marks (2005), The Ames Family of North Easton, MA Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
- ↑ Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific: Significant Individuals. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
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