misjudges the speed of the approaching locomotive Rocket and is run over, becoming the world's first railway passenger fatality (b. 1770). Miscellaneous The board game 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons and its video game adaptation has players lead railroad companies in the United States during the year 1830. References Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.