1801 in rail transport explained

Events

May

• May 21 – The Surrey Iron Railway in England is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the first railway company established by statute and independently of a canal company.^[1]

December

• December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill, Camborne in Cornwall.^[2]

Births

• September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849–1852 (d. 1870).

Notes and References

1. Dorian. Gerhold. The rise and fall of the Surrey Iron Railway, 1802–46. Surrey Archaeological Collections. Surrey Archaeological Society. 95. 2010. 193–210.
2. Web site: Railroads – Business History of Companies. KipNotes.com. 2008-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705140646/http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm. 5 July 2008 .