This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1814.

Events

July events

• July 25 – George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.

Births

January births

• January 21 – Wendel Bollman, American designer of the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge (d. 1884).
• January 30 – Ferdinand Schichau, German mechanical engineer and founder of locomotive manufacturing company Schichau-Werke, is born (d. 1896).

May births

• May 26 – Wilhelm Engerth, German steam locomotive designer (d. 1884).

September births

• September 11 – John Ramsbottom, superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (d. 1897).

Unknown date births

• Andrew Barclay, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1900).^[1][2]

Deaths