1845 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1845.

Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

Events

March events

July events

August events

October events

  • October 8 The Montour Iron Works of Danville rolled the first iron T-rails in Pennsylvania.[2]
  • October 22 First section of the Württemberg Central Railway opens, between Cannstatt und Untertürkheim.

Unknown date events

Births

June births

September births

November births

Deaths

January deaths

  • January 14 William F. Harnden, founder of Harnden and Company express, first person to send an express shipment by rail (b. 1812).

References

  • Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
  • Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
  • White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  1. Lewin, Henry Grote (1936). The Railway Mania and its aftermath, 1845–1852. London: Railway Gazette.
  2. Explore Pennsylvania History, accessed July 2021.
  3. United States Congress. "Brice, Calvin Stewart (id: B000818)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  4. Busbey, T. Addison, ed. (1906). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906. Chicago, Illinois: Railway Age. p. 666.
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