1824 in rail transport
# 1824 in rail transport

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

## Events

### May events

* May 17 – The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month.

### October events

* October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.

### December events

* December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy.

## Births

### March births

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

### October births

* October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868–1869 (d. 1884).

### November births

* November 14 – James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).

### Unknown date births

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