1815 in rail transport

Last updated December 15, 2025

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1815.

Events

February events

February 6 – The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.

May or June events

Bryn Oer Tramway in South Wales opened.

July events

July 31 – The boiler explosion of a locomotive designed by William Brunton on the Newbottle Waggonway in North East England kills around a dozen people, the first railway disaster.^[1]

Births

January births

January 21 - Daniel McCallum, Scottish-born General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855–1858 (d. 1878).

March births

March 24 - Edward Entwistle, first driver of the Rocket locomotive (d. 1909).^[2]

References

↑ Rees, Jim; Guy, Andy (2004). "The first industrial locomotives". In Mountford, Colin E (ed.). The Private Railways of County Durham. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society. p. 11. ISBN 1-901556-29-8.
↑ "England's first engine-driver". Otago Witness. Papers Past. National Library of New Zealand. 7 August 1907. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

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[1] Rees, Jim; Guy, Andy (2004). "The first industrial locomotives". In Mountford, Colin E (ed.). The Private Railways of County Durham. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society. p. 11. ISBN 1-901556-29-8.

[2] "England's first engine-driver". Otago Witness. Papers Past. National Library of New Zealand. 7 August 1907. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

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