1840 in rail transport

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1839 in rail transport
1840 in rail transport
1841 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1840.

Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 July events
- 1.2 Unknown date events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References

Events

July events

July 20 - The world's first excursion train is run by the Midland Counties Railway to allow members of the Nottingham Mechanics' Institute to visit an exhibition being held in Leicester.

Unknown date events

The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad completes construction in North Carolina.

Births

January births

January 29 - Henry H. Rogers, American financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway (d. 1909).

February births

February 7 - Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886-1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890-1898, Kansas City Southern Railway 1900 (d. 1919).

June births

June 16 - William F. Nast, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway September 1868.

August births

August 25 - George C. Magoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s (d. 1893).

November births

November 24 - Henry Kirke Porter, American steam locomotive builder and founder of H. K. Porter, Inc (d. 1921).

Deaths

References

Fordyce, Jim (1999), Samuel W. Fordyce. Retrieved August 15 2005.
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