This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1828.
Events edit
February events edit
- February – The Chesterfield Railroad, the first railroad built in Virginia is chartered.
March events edit
- March 24 – Pennsylvania's first state-owned railway, the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, is authorized by the state legislature.[1]
July events edit
- July 4 – Construction begins on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Baltimore, Maryland, when Charles Carroll of Carrollton lays the first stone for the Carrollton Viaduct, the first stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States.
August events edit
- August 1 – The Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.
- August 27 – The 67 km (42 mi) Andrézieux-Roanne line is authorized in France.
October events edit
- October 1 – The first public railway in France is formally opened from Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux. It is horse-worked and initially carries freight traffic only.[2][page needed]
Unknown date events edit
- The Hudson and Berkshire Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Chatham, New York, and Hudson, New York.
Births edit
October births edit
- October 30 – Horatio G. Brooks, founder of Brooks Locomotive Works (d. 1887).[3]
Deaths edit
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References edit
- ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
- ^ Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, STW historical figures / Horatio Brooks Archived 2004-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 9, 2005.