1807 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1807.

Events

March events

• March 25 - The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.^[1]

Births

December births

• December 16 - William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).^[2]

Unknown date births

• Oliver Ames, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866-1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).^[3][4]
• James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct (d. 1877).

References

1. ↑ Lee, Charles E. (1942). The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London: Railway Publishing Co. 
2. ↑ William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
3. ↑ Spencer Marks (2005), The Ames Family of North Easton, MA. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
4. ↑ Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific: Significant Individuals. Retrieved December 29, 2005.