1819 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1819.

Events

April 13 – The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway in the midlands of England, opens for coal traffic.

June 24 – James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

October 27 – Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant System of railroads (d. 1899).

April 15 – Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor (b. 1755).

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Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick. Retrieved April 4, 2005.
Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick – Chronology. Retrieved April 22, 2005 — date for Foster, Rastrick and Company formation.
Senate House Library, University of London, John Bradley & Co (Stourbridge) Ltd., Ironfounders. Retrieved April 22, 2005 — info on Foster, Rastrick and Company, verifies Foster family connections.

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