1760s in rail transport
# 1760s in rail transport

This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1760s.

## 1763

### Births

**December births**

* December 28 – John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (died 1836).

## 1765

### Births

**Unknown date births**

* Matthew Murray, English steam engine manufacturer (died 1826).

## 1767

### Events

* The first ever cast iron rails are laid at Coalbrookdale.
* Kambarka Engineering Works, now recognised for its rolling stock and locomotives, opens in current-day Urmdurt, Russia.
* Plans are drawn up for the construction of a canal between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees which instead becomes the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

### Births

**May births**

* May 31 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (died 1858).
