1815 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1815.

[edit] Events

[edit] February events

• February 6 - The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.

[edit] July events

• July 31 - The boiler explosion of a locomotive designed by William Brunton on the Newbottle Waggonway in North East England kills around a dozen people, the first railway disaster.^[1]

[edit] Births

[edit] Unknown date births

• Daniel McCallum, General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855-1858 (d. 1878).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References