This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1803.
Events
editMay events
edit- May – First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales.[1]
July events
edit- July 26 - The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England.[2]
Births
editJune births
edit- June 10 – Anson P. Morrill, president of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866 and 1873–1875 (d. 1887).[3]
October births
edit- October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer and steam locomotive builder.[4]
November births
edit- November 9 - Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863 (d. 1883).
Deaths
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References
edit- ^ Price, M.R.C. (1992). The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-423-7.
- ^ Bayliss, Derek A. (1985). Retracing the first Public Railway (2nd ed.). Living History.
- ^ "Morrill, Anson Peaslee (1803–1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 2005-12-29.
- ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.