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词条 1841 in rail transport
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  1. Events

     March events  May events  June events  July events  September events  Unknown date events 

  2. Births

  3. Deaths

  4. References

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Events

March events

  • March 1 – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England (via Summit Tunnel).[1]
  • March 29 – The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Greenock.

May events

  • May – James Bowen succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.[2]

June events

  • June 14 – The first section of the Bristol and Exeter Railway's main line is opened between Bristol and Bridgwater.[3][4]
  • June 30 – Great Western Railway of England completed throughout between London and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, including Box Tunnel.[5]

July events

  • July 5 – Thomas Cook arranges his first excursion, taking 570 temperance campaigners on the Midland Counties Railway from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, England.[6]

September events

  • September 19 – Inauguration of first international railway line (between Strasbourg (France) and Basel (Switzerland), but with a terminus in Basel; first continuous line October 15, 1843, between Antwerp (Belgium) and Köln (Germany)).
  • September 21 – The London and Brighton Railway is opened throughout, in England.[7]

Unknown date events

  • Draughtsman William Howe and pattern-maker William Williams of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne originate Stephenson valve gear for steam locomotives.
  • Joseph R. Anderson becomes manager of the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm Tredegar Iron Works.

Births

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Deaths

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References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, vol. 1|year=1969|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-4352-1}}
2. ^{{cite web|author=Stratton, Fred|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html| archivedate= 18 March 2005 | deadurl= yes}}
3. ^{{cite book| first=E.T.| last=MacDermot| title=History of the Great Western Railway| volume=Vol I| year=1927| publisher=Great Western Railway| location=London| page=130}}
4. ^{{cite book| first=E.T.| last=MacDermot| title=History of the Great Western Railway| volume=Vol II| year=1931| publisher=Great Western Railway| location=London| pages=130-ff}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Body|first=Geoffrey|title=Western Handbook – a digest of GWR and WR data|year=1985|publisher=British Rail (Western)|location=Weston-super-Mare|isbn=0-905466-70-5}}
6. ^{{cite book|author=Derby Railway History Research Group|title=The Midland Counties Railway|year=1989|publisher=Railway & Canal Historical Society|location=Gwernymynydd|isbn=0-901461-11-3}}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Turner|first=J. T. Howard|title=The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1, Origins and Formation|year=1977|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=0-7134-0275-X}}
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