1849 in rail transport

1849 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 20 - The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster. [Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31 1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio] ". Retrieved February 20 2006.]

March events

* March 3 - The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri. [cite web | year=1960 | url=http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/history/100years.cfm | title=100 Years of Service | accessdate=2006-04-20]
* March 24 - The Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad, which eventually became the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway after a foreclosure sale, is chartered in Pennsylvania. [Morris, J. C., compiler, (December 31 1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II: History of the Railroads of Ohio] ". Retrieved March 24 2006.]
* March - The governments of India and England form the first agreements of the Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India. [Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html IR History: Early Days - I] ". Retrieved August 16 2005.]

August events

* August 15 - Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway at Newcastle upon Tyne, England is opened permanently for rail traffic. [cite book|author=Addyman, John|coauthors=Fawcett, Bill|title=The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station – 150 years across the Tyne|publisher=North Eastern Railway Association|date=1999|isbn=1-873513-28-3]
* August 17 - The Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India is finalised.

November events

* November 1 - The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Glasgow, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England. [cite book|author=Awdry, Christopher|title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies|date=1990|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Wellingborough|isbn=1-85260-049-7]

Unknown date events

* Train ferry PS "Leviathan", designed by Thomas Grainger for the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, enters service carrying freight cars across the Forth estuary in Scotland between Granton and Burntisland. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

Births

October births

* October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (d. 1923).

December births

* December 12 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1920).

Deaths

References


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