| Years in rail transport |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1824.
Events
May events
- May 17 – The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month.[1]
October events
- October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.[2]
December events
- December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy.[3]
Births
March births
- March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.
October births
- October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868–1869 (d. 1884).[4]
November births
- November 14 – James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).
Unknown date births
- John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882).[5]
References
- ^ Martin, Don (1995). The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways. Kirkintilloch: Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums. ISBN 0-904966-41-0.
- ^ Carlson, Robert E. (1969). The Liverpool & Manchester Railway project, 1821–1831. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4646-6.
- ^ Macnair, Miles (2007). William James (1771–1837): the man who discovered George Stephenson. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-54-4.
- ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
- ^ White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive: its development, 1830–1880. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.