Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1826.

Events

March events

April events

May events

October events

Births

January births

March births

April births

November births

December births

Unknown date births

  • John P. Laird, Scottish engineer, designer and patentee of the two-wheel equalized leading truck for steam locomotives (d. 1882).

Deaths

February deaths

References

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