1850 in rail transport

1850 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May 13 – The Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft opens the Rostock-Bützow-Bad Kleinen and Güstrow-Bützow railway lines in northern Germany.

August events

* August 29 – Robert Stephenson's Royal Border Bridge for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England is opened by Queen Victoria. [cite web|author=University of Newcastle upon Tyne|title=SINE: Structure Details|url=http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=1143]

October events

* October 19 – Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge, completing the Chester and Holyhead Railway over the Menai Strait in North Wales, is opened. [cite book|author=Baughan, Peter E.|title=The Chester & Holyhead Railway, vol. 1|date=1972|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-5617-8]

November events

* November 20 – The first train operates on the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road. [cite web|author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society|year=2005|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histnov.htm| title=This month in railroad history - November|accessdate=2005-11-20 ]

Unknown date events

* The Richmond and Danville Railroad begins operation in Virginia.
* Construction begins on the first transcontinental railroad to be completed, the Panama Railway.

Births

February births

* February 27 – Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric in the early part of the 20th century (d. 1927).

November births

* November 19 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920, is born (d. 1934) [Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.] : Northern Pacific, 1934, p. 17.] ["Railway Age", September 29, 1934, p. 390.] cite book|author=Howson, Elmer T., D. A. Steel, and J. B. Tebo, editors| title=The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1922 edition| location=New York|publisher=Simmons-Boardman|year=1922|pages=267]

Deaths

July deaths

* July 7 - Timothy Hackworth, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1786). [cite web| date=September 22 2004| url=http://www.steamindex.com/people/hackwort.htm| title=Timothy Hackworth|accessdate=2005-02-09 ]

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