April 16 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1834 – The Ithaca and Port Renwick Railroad is chartered to connect Ithaca to Cayuga Lake, New York. [cite book| author=Whitford, Noble E.| date=1905| chapterurl=http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap22.html| chapter=XXII: Canal companies incorporated by New York state| title=History of the Canal System of the State of New York| volume=Vol 1| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]
* 1853 – At 15.35 local time, the first commercial passenger train in India leaves Bori Bunder station in Mumbai for Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 miles). The journey takes one hour and fifteen minutes.
* 1853 – The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad files Articles of Association in New York. [cite web| url=http://www.rivergatewheelers.com/Maps/History/Rivergate_Trail_History.htm| title=History of the the Rivergate Trail| author=Hall, Greg| date=2003| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]
* 1872 – The incorporators of the Winona and South Western Railway, a predecessor of the Chicago Great Western Railway in Minnesota, meet and elect the first Board of Directors. [cite web| url=http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6306/hsfcgw10.htm| title=A brief History Of the Construction And Operation of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company| date=1999| author=Tolstead, Tom| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]

20th century

* 1901 – The Ottawa and Gatineau Railway, later to become the Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway, is granted authority to build an extension to connect to the Interprovincial Bridge.cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2007-02-23| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]
* 1901 – The Nashville and Clarksville Railroad is chartered in Tennessee. [cite web| url=http://www.tcry.org/tc/history.htm| title=A Brief History of the Tennessee Central Railway Compan| author=Hicks, J. Allen| date=2004-01-26| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]
* 1990 – Seventy people are killed in a fire aboard a local train in Patna, India.cite web| url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html| title=IR History: Part - V (1970 - 1995)| publisher=IRFCA| date=2005| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]
* 1993 – Indian Railways opens the line between Bangalore and Mysore.

21st century

* 2003 – The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board officially designates the Seattle Monorail as a Historic Landmark by unanimous vote. [cite web| url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=4159| title=Seattle designates the 1962 Monorail as a historic landmark on April 16, 2003| accessdate=2007-04-16 ]
* 2005 – Alaska Railroad opens its new headquarters building and operations center in Anchorage, Alaska. [cite web| url=http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html| title=History| author=Alaska Railroad| accessdate=2007-04-16| ]

Births

Deaths

* 1911 – William Alexander McFall, locomotive engineer for Canadian Pacific Railway who drove the first passenger train over the Interprovincial Bridge, posthumously awarded the King Edward Medal for his actions in preventing further death in a derailment on April 14 1911.

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