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1815 in rail transport

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

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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.

    • May or June events

  • Bryn Oer Tramway in South Wales opened.

    • 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.

    • March births

  • March 24 - Edward Entwistle, first driver of the Rocket locomotive (d. 1909).

    • Unknown date births

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

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