1846 in rail transport

1846 in rail transport

Events

March events

* March 26 - John M. Forbes becomes president of the Michigan Central Railroad. [cite web|url=http://oprt.org/history/timeline.html|title=Timeline of Old Plank Road Trail history and development|accessdate=2005-03-01]

June events

* June 22 - The North British Railway is opened to public traffic between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed, the first line to cross the border between Scotland and England. Waverley Station is opened. [cite book|last=Thomas|first=John|title=The North British Railway, vol. 1|date=1969|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-4697-0]
* June 26 - The Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) is authorised by Act of Parliament with powers to construct a direct line from London to York with a loop via Boston, mi to km|233.5|abbr=yes with a capital of £5,600,000, the largest single scheme ever approved by Parliament. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

July events

* July 1 - The Leeds and Bradford Railway opens between Leeds and Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
* July 15 - The first railway line in Hungary opens between Pest and Vác.
* July 16 - The London and North Western Railway is formed in England by amalgamation of the London and Birmingham Railway, Grand Junction Railway and Manchester and Birmingham Railway. [cite book|author=Reed, M. C.|title=The London & North Western Railway: a history|year=1996|publisher=Atlantic|location=Penryn|isbn=0-906899-66-4]

August events

* August 18 - Gauge Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom [cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=60|title=Railway Archive] rules that new railways in Great Britain should be built to standard gauge unless otherwise authorised.
* August 28 - Railway Mania reaches its zenith as the Parliament of the United Kingdom closes its session having passed 272 Acts setting up new railway companies. [cite book|author=Lewin, Henry Grote|title=The Railway Mania and its aftermath, 1845-1852|year=1936|publisher=Railway Gazette|location=London]

eptember events

* September 21 - The town of Kendal, England, declares a public holiday for the opening of the Kendal, Oxenholme and Lancaster section of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway; the first revenue trains are operated on September 22. [cite web|url=http://home.clara.net/gw0hqd/past/|author=Friends of Carnforth Station|title=The History Of Carnforth Railway Station (and surrounding area)|accessdate=2005-09-21]

December events

* December 17 - The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway is opened throughout to Carlisle.

Births

October births

* October 6 - George Westinghouse, American inventor; developed the Westinghouse air brake (d. 1914).

Unknown date births

* Lucius E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Railroad 1904–1921 (d. 1921).

Deaths

References


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