This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1841. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1843. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

March events

• March 31 - The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway opens to Werneth in northwest England.

March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years). ... The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway was built so as to open on March 31, 1842 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company whose chief engineer was the world famous engineer George Stephenson. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

April events

• April 11 - The French government enacts the Loi relative à l'établissement des grandes lignes de chemins de fer which establishes the plan for French railroads' placement in a star pattern centered around Paris.

April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

May events

• May 8 - A passenger train traveling between Paris and Versailles derails near Moudon and catches fire, kiling 55 people.

May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...

December events

• December - William Maxwell succeeds James Bowen as president of the Erie Railroad.

December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... A number of people are called William Maxwell: William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), a Scots-Irish novelist. ... The Erie Railroad (AAR reporting mark ERIE) was a railroad that operated in New York State, connecting New York City with Lake Erie and several cities in upstate New York, including Binghamton, Buffalo and Dunkirk. ...

Births

December births

• December 7 - George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1903–1909 (d. 1910).

December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Whale (7 December 1842 — 7 March 1910) was a British locomotive engineer who worked for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). ... Chief Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British railway companies to persons in charge of building or maintaining locomotives. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Unknown date births

• Melville E. Ingalls, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (d. 1914).

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Deaths

References

• Indiana Historical Society, Melville E. Ingalls: Biographical sketch (http://www.indianahistory.org/library/manuscripts/collection_guides/M0754.html#BIOGRAPHICAL). Retrieved February 15, 2005.
• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents (http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html). Retrieved March 2, 2005.