February events

• February 6 - The first railroad charter
  Charter
  A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified...
  
   in the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.

July events

• July 31 - The boiler explosion
  Boiler explosion
  A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. As seen today, boiler explosions are of two kinds. One kind is over-pressure in the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. The second kind is explosion in the furnace. Boiler explosions of pressure parts are particularly associated...
  
   of a locomotive designed by William Brunton
  William Brunton
  William Brunton was a Scottish engineer and inventor.He was the eldest son of Robert Brunton of Dalkeith, where he was born...
  
   on the Newbottle
  Newbottle, Tyne and Wear
  Newbottle is a village in North East England, lying directly between Durham and Sunderland , one and a half miles north of Houghton-le-Spring...
  
   Waggonway
  Wagonway
  Wagonways consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam powered railways. The terms "plateway", "tramway" and in someplaces, "dramway" are also found.- Early developments :...
  
   in North East England
  North East England
  North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
  
   kills around a dozen people, the first railway disaster.

March births

• March 24 - Edward Entwistle
  Edward Entwistle
  Edward Entwistle, born 24 March 1815 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, was the first driver of a passenger train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
  
  , first driver
  Railroad engineer
  A railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator, train driver or engine driver is a person who drives a train on a railroad...
  
   of the Rocket
  Stephenson's Rocket
  Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle Upon Tyne at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829.- Design innovations :...
  
  locomotive.

Unknown date births

• Daniel McCallum
  Daniel McCallum
  Daniel Craig McCallum was a railroad engineer and manager.McCallum was born in Scotland in 1815. In 1822 his family emigrated to New York when he was still a boy. In Rochester he spend a few years at elementary school, and didn't follow his fathers footsteps to become a tailor...
  
  , General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855-1858 (d. 1878).