1837 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1837.

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Events

April events

July events

The 'Euston Arch' (engraving by Radclyffe). Entrance to Euston Station on the London and Birmingham railway.jpg
The ‘Euston Arch’ (engraving by Radclyffe).

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October events

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April births

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Deaths

March deaths

Notes

  1. 1 2 Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 6 – Scotland: the Lowlands and Borders. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5408-6.
  2. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN   0-85112-707-X.
  3. Webster, Norman W (1972). Britain's First Trunk Line – the Grand Junction Railway. Bath: Adams & Dart. ISBN   0-239-00105-2.
  4. Haywood, Richard Mowbray (1969). The beginnings of railway development in Russia in the reign of Nicholas I, 1835–1842 . Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.
  5. Comisión Oficial para la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Ferrocarril en España (1948). Cien años de ferrocarril en España, 1. Madrid: Comisión.
  6. Sinclair, Andrew (1981). Corsair: the life of J. Pierpont Morgan. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN   0-297-77864-1.
  7. Pearson Education (2005). "William Barstow (d. 1914). Strong" . Retrieved 2005-06-02.
  8. "Robber Baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.

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