1866 in rail transport

Events

July events

* July 27 - The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.

August events

* August 11 - The Kansas Pacific Railroad tracks reach Manhattan, Kansas, where westward progress stalls while a bridge is built across the Big Blue River.
* August 28 - The Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad, in Illinois, is incorporated.
* August 29 - The first demonstration runs are held on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, in New Hampshire, as "Peppersass", the road's first steam locomotive, hauls a platform of passengers up a 0.1 mile (161 m) section of track.

Unknown date events

* The "John Bull", eventually to become the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, is retired from active service on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
* The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the Piedmont Railroad.
* Franklin B. Gowen becomes president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
* Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Junction City, Kansas, from Kansas City.
* After the death of Matthias W. Baldwin, Matthew Baird becomes the sole proprietor of Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Births

January births

* January 31 - William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935 (d. 1935)The Political Graveyard (March 10 2005), " [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Indiana] ". Retrieved December 30 2005.]

Deaths

eptember deaths

* September 7 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works (b. 1795).

Unknown date deaths

* Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1793).

References

* Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum (2000), " [http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm General Atterbury] ". Retrieved February 21 2005.
* " [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgowenF.htm Franklin Gowen] ". Retrieved March 2 2005.
* Good, Mike (December 17 2001), " [http://tacnet.missouri.org/~mgood/clintonrr/ch_slsf.html Corporate History: St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
* (January 13 2000), " [http://www.cumtd.com/itc/rail_history.html History of railroad passenger service in Champaign-Urbana] ". Retrieved August 28 2005.
* MountWashington.com, " [http://www.mountwashington.com/cog/ Mount Washington Cog Railway] ". Retrieved August 29 2005.
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* "New York Times", August 22, 1866.