1841 in rail transport explained

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 in England.^{[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]
• July 7 – Opening of the railway from Bordeaux to La Teste in France.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Marshall, John. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, vol. 1. 1969. David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 0-7153-4352-1.
2. Web site: Stratton, Fred. Erie Railroad presidents. 2005-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. 18 March 2005 . dead.
3. Book: MacDermot, E.T.. History of the Great Western Railway. I. 1927. Great Western Railway. London. 130.
4. Book: MacDermot, E.T.. History of the Great Western Railway. II. 1931. Great Western Railway. London. 130–ff.
5. Book: Body, Geoffrey. Western Handbook  - a digest of GWR and WR data. 1985. British Rail (Western). Weston-super-Mare. 0-905466-70-5.
6. Book: Derby Railway History Research Group. The Midland Counties Railway. 1989. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Gwernymynydd. 0-901461-11-3.
7. Book: Zancarini-Fournel, Michelle. Les luttes et les rêves: Une histoire populaire de la France de 1685 à nos jours. La Découverte. 2016. 978-2-35522-114-9.
8. Book: Turner, J. T. Howard. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1, Origins and Formation. 1977. Batsford. London. 0-7134-0275-X.