1858 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May - First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. [cite book|author=Fryer, C.E.J.|title=A History of Slipping and Slip Carriages|date=1997|location=Usk|publisher=Oakwood Press|isbn=978-0-853615-14-9]

Unknown date events

* John W. Garrett becomes president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [cite web|title=Biography of John Work Garrett|url= http://www.bookrags.com/biography/john-work-garrett/|accessdate=2005-03-02] [cite web|author=Garrett State Bank|title=About Us|url=http://www.garrettstatebank.com/about.htm|accessdate=2005-03-02]

Births

April births

* April 23 - Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1903, D&H 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920. [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]

December births

* December 20 - David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (d. 1938).

Deaths

July deaths

* July 31 - Edward Pease, first promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (b. 1767).

November deaths

* November 11 - Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1794). [cite web|title=Edward Bury|url=http://www.steamindex.com/people/bury.htm|date=2004-10-30|accessdate=2005-02-09] [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=Biographical dictionary of Railway Engineers|date=2003|publisher=Railway & Canal Historical Society|location=Oxford|isbn=0-901461-22-9]

References