1836 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.

February events

* February 8 - London & Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England. [cite book|author=Thomas, R. H. G.|title=London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich|date=1972|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=0-7134-0468-X]

March events

* March - The Syracuse and Utica Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York.

April events

* April - The first railroad car ferry in the U.S., the "Susquehanna" enters service on the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

May events

* May 5 - The Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York.

July events

* July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded US patent|1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.

August events

* August 1 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.

eptember events

* September 5 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.

Unknown date events

* The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, an early predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins construction.
* The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens in Quebec, Canada.
* Henry R. Campbell builds the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.

Births

January births

* January 2 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (d. 1916). [cite book|author=Serpico, Philip C.|title=Santa Fé Route to the Pacific|year=1988|publisher=Omni Publications|Location=Palmdale, California|isbn=0-88418-000-X| pages=pp 18-24] [cite web|author=City of Perris, California| url=http://www.cityofperris.org/history.asp|title=A Brief History of the Perris Valley| accessdate=2006-07-09]

February births

* February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (d. 1889). [cite web|title=Franklin Gowen|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgowenF.htm|accessdate=2005-03-02]

March births

* March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie, who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900).

May births

* May 21 - Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (d. 1906). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers|date=2003|publisher=Railway & Canal Historical Society|location=Oxford|isbn=0-901461-22-9]
* May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892).

September births

* September 17 - William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909).

Deaths

January deaths

* January 7 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (b. 1763).

References

* Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June 2004), " [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1836%20June%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1836] " (PDF). Retrieved March 5 2005.
* White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, "Railroad History", 154, p. 9-15.