February events

• February - The Chesterfield Railroad
  Chesterfield Railroad
  The Chesterfield Railroad was located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was a 13-mile long mule-and-gravity powered line that connected the Midlothian coal mines with wharves that were located at the head of navigation on the James River just below the fall line at Manchester...
  
  , the first railroad built in Virginia
  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
  
   is chartered.

March events

• March 24 - Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  's first state-owned railway, the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, is authorized by the state legislature.

July events

• July 4 - Construction begins on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
  
   in Baltimore, Maryland, when Charles Carroll of Carrollton
  Charles Carroll of Carrollton
  Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...
  
   lays the first stone for the Carrollton Viaduct
  Carrollton Viaduct
  The Carrollton Viaduct, located over Gwynns Falls near Carroll Park in Baltimore, Maryland, is the first stone masonry bridge built for railroad use in the United States....
  
  , the first stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  .

August events

• August 1 - The Bolton and Leigh Railway
  Bolton and Leigh Railway
  The Bolton and Leigh Railway was the first public railway in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1828 for goods.-History:...
  
   opens to freight traffic.
• August 27 - The 67 km (41.6 mi) Andrézieux-Roanne
  Roanne
  Roanne is a commune in the Loire department in central France.It is located northwest of Lyon on the Loire River.-Economy:...
  
   line is authorized in France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  .

October events

• October 1 - The first public railway in France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   is formally opened from Saint-Étienne
  Saint-Étienne
  Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...
  
   to Andrézieux. It is horse-worked and initially carries freight traffic only.

Unknown date events

• The Hudson and Berkshire Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Chatham, New York, and Hudson, New York
  Hudson, New York
  Hudson is a city located along the west border of Columbia County, New York, United States. The city is named after the adjacent Hudson River and ultimately after the explorer Henry Hudson.Hudson is the county seat of Columbia County...
  
  .

October births

• October 30 - Horatio G. Brooks
  Horatio G. Brooks
  Horatio G. Brooks worked as chief engineer for the New York and Erie Railroad until the railroad moved its steam locomotive maintenance facilities from Dunkirk, New York, to Buffalo, New York. In 1869 he leased the former NY&E shops in Dunkirk and formed Brooks Locomotive Works...
  
  , founder of Brooks Locomotive Works
  Brooks Locomotive Works
  The Brooks Locomotive Works manufactured steam railroad locomotives and freight cars from 1869 through its merger into the American Locomotive Company until 1934.-History:...
  
  (d. 1887).