This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1824.

Events

Births

March births

• March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California

Unknown date births

• John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882).

Deaths

References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.