Events February events February 15 – The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line. March events March 15 – Andover and Wilmington Railroad is incorporated to build a branch from the Boston and Lowell Railroad at Wilmington, Massachusetts, north to Andover, Massachusetts. April events April 29 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered. May events May 6 – Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. June events June 6 – Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott Mills to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office. September events September – Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad. November events November 8 – The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths. December events December 17 – Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey opens throughout. Unknown date events Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia. The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland. Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered. Births March births March 6 – William Stroudley, locomotive and carriage superintendent for Highland Railway 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Brighton Works 1870–1889, is born (d. 1889). Deaths April deaths April 22 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771). References