1835 in rail transport

1835 in rail transport

Events

May events

*May 5 - The first steam-worked passenger railway in continental Europe is opened, covering the 23 km between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium.

July events

* July 4 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Thomas Viaduct, the first multiple arch stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States, is officially completed. It was also the longest bridge of any kind in the nation, and second longest in the world, next to London Bridge.

August events

* August 25 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens its line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC.cite web| url=http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm| title=Washington, D.C. Railroad History| author=Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| accessdate=2006-08-25| ]
* August 31 - The Great Western Railway of England is incorporated by Act of Parliament. [cite book|author=Body, Geoffrey|title=Western Handbook – a digest of GWR and WR data|date=1985|publisher=British Rail (Western)|location=Weston-super-Mare|isbn=0-905466-70-5]

October events

* October - James G. King succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad. [cite web|author=Stratton, Fred|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-02]

December events

* 7 December - Germany's first railroad, the Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, starts regular passenger train service over a distance of 6 km (3¾ miles) between the neighboring cities of Nuremberg and Fürth using a steam locomotive named "Adler" ("Eagle")

Unknown date events

* The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
* The first steam locomotive assembled by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, the "McNeil", manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company, operates on the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad.
* The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in North Carolina is chartered.

Births

March births

* March 28 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1908).

April births

* April 10 - Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railroad (d. 1900).

May births

* May 27 - Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (d. 1915). [cite web|author=Soylent Communications|date=2005|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/488/000082242/|title=Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|accessdate=2005-02-21]

June births

* June 27 - Fred Harvey, restaurateur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels serving passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (d. 1901).

November births

* November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (d. 1919).

Deaths

References

* (May 3 2005), " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/engrs.htm Brief Biographies of Major Mechanical Engineers] ". Retrieved June 29 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm This month in railroad history - August] ". Retrieved August 23 2005.
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