1760s in rail transport

This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1760s.

December births

 * December 28 – John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (died 1836).

Unknown date births

 * Matthew Murray, English steam engine manufacturer (died 1826).

Events

 * The first ever cast iron rails are laid at Coalbrookdale.
 * Kambarka Engineering Works, now recognised for its rolling stock and locomotives, opens in current-day Urmdurt, Russia.
 * Plans are drawn up for the construction of a canal between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees which instead becomes the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

May births

 * May 31 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (died 1858).