1848 in the history of railway transport
| 1848 in the history of railway transport | |
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Events
- April - the Zombkowice line ( Zombkowice-Slaska ) was opened - the border of the Russian Empire with a length of 14 km [1] .
- Railway construction began in Spain [2] .
- Two narrow-gauge railway lines with a length of about 130 kilometers were built in Guyana [2] .
New rolling stock
- In England , the first steam engine tank was built at the plants of George England
Persons
Born
- April 25 - Nikolai Leonidovich Schukin , engineer, designer of steam locomotives, scientist in the field of railway transport.
Died
August 12 - George Stephenson , a famous English inventor, mechanical engineer, who made a major contribution to the development of steam locomotive building.
Notes
- ↑ Brief information on the development of domestic railways from 1838 to 1990 / Comp. Afonina G.M. - M. , 1996 .-- 223 p. - 3,000 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 Rail transport: Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. N. S. Konarev . - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 1994 .-- 559 p. - ISBN 5-85270-115-7 .