Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1813.

Events

Births

February births

May births

September births

Unknown date births

Deaths

1813, February – United Kingdom – A 13-year-old boy named Jeff Bruce was killed whilst running alongside the Middleton Railway tracks. The Leeds Mercury reported that this would "operate as a warning to others".

References

  1. Guy, Andy; Rees, Jim (2011). Early Railways, 1569–1830. Oxford: Shire Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-7478-0811-4.
  2. Marshall, John (2003). Biographical dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  • White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9–15.
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