1860 in rail transport

1860 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 23 - The Staten Island Railway starts operations in Staten Island, New York; this is now the oldest rapid transit right-of-way in New York City, but is operated separately from the New York City Subway.

May events

* May 7 - The Bavarian State Railway opens connecting Rosenheim, Prien and Traunstein.

June events

* June 26 - Opening of first railway in Southern Africa, the Natal Railway from Durban to The Point in the Colony of Natal (km to mi|3|abbr=yes of standard gauge). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

July events

* July 2 - Cessation of operation as an atmospheric railway of the Bois de Vésinet–Saint-Germain-en-Laye section of the Paris–Saint-Germain line, the last surviving atmospheric working. [cite book|last=Hadfield|first=Charles|title=Atmospheric Railways|date=1967|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-4107-3]

August events

* August 25 - England's Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, presides over the opening ceremonies for the Victoria Railway Bridge near Montreal, Canada.

September events

* September 17 - The Atchison and Topeka Railroad, chartered on February 11 1859, and predecessor to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is organized.

October events

* October (approx.) - Installation of the first water troughs for steam locomotives to pick up water at speed, by the London and North Western Railway at Mochdre, Conwy, on its North Wales Coast (or Chester and Holyhead) line. [cite book|author=Robbins, Michael|title=Points and Signals|date=1967|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|location=London]
* October 26 - The Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn in Germany opens between Bochum Hauptbahnhof and Witten.Translated from cite web| url=http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Bahn/Jahrestage/26.10.&oldid=14511195| title=Portal:Bahn/Jahrestage/26.10.|accessdate=2006-10-26|language=#language:de]

Unknown date events

* Kingston Locomotive Works, predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, declares bankruptcy.

Births

December births

* December 6 – Howard Elliott, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1903-1913 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1913, is born. [Railway Age Gazette (August 1, 1913) pp. 177-8.]

Deaths

September deaths

* September 18 - Joseph Locke, construction engineer of Stockton and Darlington Railway and Liverpool and Manchester Railway, chief engineer of Grand Junction Railway (b. 1805).

References

* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved August 25 2005.
* Santa Fe Railroad (1945), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.


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