1851 in rail transport

1851 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 4 - The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio. [Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31 1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1850.html Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio] ". Retrieved February 4 2006.]
* February 7 - the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
* February 10 - The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered. [Steamtown National Historic Site, " [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/steamtown/shs2i.htm Illinois Central Railroad number 790] ". Retrieved February 10 2006.]
* February 25 - the first passenger train on the Milwaukee Road operates over what is then known as the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

April events

* April 19 - The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, in New York state, is chartered.

June events

* June - The first "refrigerated boxcar" enters service on the Northern Railroad of New York.

July events

* July 4 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad

December events

* December 22 - The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee.
* December 25 - Opening of first railway in Chile, from Caldera to Copiapó (km to mi|80.5|abbr=yes of standard gauge climbing (m to ft|396|abbr=yes). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

Unknown date events

* The oldest line to become a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway begins construction between Houston, Texas, and Alleyton, Texas.
* The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad changes its name to the Mohawk Valley Railroad.

Births

June births

* June 24 - Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Railroad 1887-1907 (d. 1923).

September births

* September 16 - Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 1896-1911 (d. 1923).

Deaths

References


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