Events March March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses. May May - closure of the Low Moor Waggonway
Births January births January 9 – Matthias von Schönerer, Austrian railway engineer (d. 1881).
March births March 27 – James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct in the United States (d. 1877).
November births November 5 – Oliver Ames Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).Spencer Marks (2005). The Ames Family of North Easton, MA . Retrieved December 29, 2005.Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific: Significant Individuals . Retrieved December 29, 2005.
December births December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005. References