Belgium
- early 19th ce
- reign of Leopold II
France
- Napoleon days
- early 19th ce
Germany
- Bismark
- 1870’s
Italy
- Cavour, 1860’s
- real IR in times of Massolini, 1920’s
Russia
- Alexander II, humble beginnings, 1860’s
- real IR: after revolution
- transport mainly
USA
- Samuel Slater
- 1800’s
Japan
- Meiji Empire
- 1860’s
India
- Dalhousie (father of Indian IR & Railways)
- 1850’s