1854 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 16 - The permanent London Paddington station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway of England, is opened. [cite book|first=Steven|last=Brindle|title=Paddington Station: its history and architecture|publisher=English Heritage|location=Swindon|date=2004|isbn=1-873592-70-1]

February events

* February 15 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, opens for railroad traffic.

April events

* April 30 - Opening of first railway in Brazil, running km to mi|16|abbr=yes inland from Mauá on 1676 mm (5ft 6in) gauge.cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

May events

* May 15 - Opening of railway over the Semmering Pass in Austria.

June events

* June - The Grand Excursion takes prominent Eastern United States inhabitants from Chicago, Illinois to Rock Island, Illinois by railroad, then up the Mississippi River to St. Paul, Minnesota by steamboat.

July events

* July 1 - The Harcourt Street railway line opens between Dublin & Bray, Ireland
* July 3 - The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, opens for passenger service.

August events

* August 20 - The first trains operate in what is now Romania between Oraviţa, Transylvania, and Baziaş, on the Danube.
* August 21 - The Great Western Railway of Canada opens its Galt Branch.

eptember events

* September 1 - Opening of first railway in Norway, the Hovedjernbanen, from Christiania (Oslo) to Eidsvoll (67.6 km).

October events

* October 20 - Kingston Locomotive Works, the predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, completes construction of its first steam locomotive.
* October 25 - The Carillon and Grenville Railway, in Canada, opens.

November events

* November 13 - Opening London Necropolis railway station (special railway station constructed by the London Necropolis Company for funeral trains).

Unknown date events

* Aretas Blood purchases the steam locomotive manufacturing business of Amoskeag Locomotive Works and folds it into Manchester Locomotive Works.
* Henry Farnam becomes president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

Births

January births

* January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (d. 1932).

February births

* February 14 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927 (d. 1928). [cite web|author=Kansas City Southern Historical Society|title=The Kansas City Southern Lines|url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm|accessdate=2005-08-15]

Deaths

February deaths

* February 19 - Whitmell P. Tunstall, first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad (b. 1810).

References

* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved October 25 2005.
* (April 3 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved August 16 2005.