1842 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842.
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Events
March events
- March 31 - The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway opens to Werneth in northwest England.
April events
- April 11 - The French government enacts the Loi relative à l'établissement des grandes lignes de chemins de fer which establishes the plan for French railroads' placement in a star pattern centered around Paris.
May events
- May 8 - A passenger train traveling between Paris and Versailles derails near Moudon and catches fire, kiling 55 people.
December events
- December - William Maxwell succeeds James Bowen as president of the Erie Railroad.
Births
December births
- December 7 - George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1903–1909 (d. 1910).
Unknown date births
- Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (d. 1914).
Deaths
References
- Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch. Retrieved February 15 2005.
- Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.
