1819 in rail transport
# 1819 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1819.

## Events

### April events

* April 13 – The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway in the midlands of England, opens for coal traffic.

### June events

* June 24 – James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.

## Births

### February births

* February 20 – Alfred Escher, Swiss railway promoter (d. 1882)

### October births

* October 27 – Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant System of railroads (d. 1899).

## Deaths

### April deaths

* April 15 – Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor (b. 1755).
