1836 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1836.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.
[edit] February events
- February 5 - Henry R. Campbell of the Philadelphia, Germanstown & Norristown Railroad patents the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.[1]
- February 8 - London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England.[2]
[edit] March events
- March - The Syracuse and Utica Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York.
[edit] April events
- April - The first railroad car ferry in the U.S., the Susquehanna enters service on the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland.[3]
[edit] May events
- May 5 - The Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York.
[edit] July events
- July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded U.S. Patent 1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.
[edit] August events
- August 1 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.
[edit] September events
- September 5 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company operates the first steam railroad in Maine with two 2-2-0 locomotives manufactured in England.
- The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, an early predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins construction.
- The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens in Quebec, Canada.
[edit] Births
[edit] January births
- January 2 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (d. 1916).[4][5]
[edit] February births
- February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (d. 1889).[6]
[edit] March births
- March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie, who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900).
[edit] May births
- May 21 - Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (d. 1906).[7]
- May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892).
[edit] September births
- September 17 - William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January deaths
- January 7 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (b. 1763).
[edit] References
- Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June 2004), PRR Chronology, 1836 (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2005.
- White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9-15.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-x.
- ^ Thomas, R. H. G. (1972). London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0468-X.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Archived from the original on 2006-08-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20060827004101/http://www.cityofperris.org/history.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-09.
- ^ "Franklin Gowen". Archived from the original on 04 April 2005. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgowenF.htm. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
