| Years in rail transport |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1815.
Events
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.[1]
Births
January births
- January 21 - Daniel McCallum, Scottish-born General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855–1858 (d. 1878).
March births
- March 24 - Edward Entwistle, first driver of the Rocket locomotive (d. 1909).[2]
References
- ^ Rees, Jim; Guy, Andy (2004). "The first industrial locomotives". In Mountford, Colin E (ed.). The Private Railways of County Durham. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society. p. 11. ISBN 1-901556-29-8.
- ^ "England's first engine-driver". Otago Witness. Papers Past. National Library of New Zealand. 7 August 1907. Retrieved 2009-07-13.