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* May 6 - [[Grand Junction Railway]] and [[London and Birmingham Railway]] are both authorised by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|author= |
* May 6 - [[Grand Junction Railway]] and [[London and Birmingham Railway]] are both authorised by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jenkinson, David|title=The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence|year=1988|publisher=Capital Transport|location=Harrow Weald|isbn=1-85414-102-3|pages=8|authorlink=David Jenkinson}}</ref> |
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1833.
Events
February events
- February 15 - The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.
April events
- April 29 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.
May events
- May 6 - Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1]
June events
- June 6 - Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott City to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office.
September events
- September - Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad.[2]
November events
November 8 - The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths.
Unknown date events
- Construction is completed on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey.
- Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia.
- The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.[3]
- Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered.[4]
Births
- December 6 – Thaddeus C. Pound, president of Chippewa Falls and Western Railway and St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (d. 1914).[5]
Deaths
April deaths
- April 22 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).
References
- ^ Jenkinson, David (1988). The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 8. ISBN 1-85414-102-3.
- ^ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ http://erielackhs.org/Erie/ERIEHOME.html Accessed November 30, 2008.
- ^ Easton, Larry E. (2007). "The Wisconsin Central in Eau Claire". The Soo. 29 (3). The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society: pp 9–43. ISSN 0733-5296.
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