1843 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1843.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 October events 1.2 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 February births 2.2 November births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

October events

• October - Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad.

Unknown date events

• John Cooke, future founder of Cooke Locomotive Works, is promoted to superintendent at American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Births

February births

• February 3 - William Cornelius Van Horne, oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad (d. 1915).

November births

• November 27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of New York Central railroad (d. 1899).

Deaths

References

• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.