1805 in rail transport

June births

 * June 15 – William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).

August births

 * August 9 – Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860).

November births

 * November 7 – Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles ( km) of track around the world (d. 1870).

Unknown date births

 * George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870).
 * William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883).