1848 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1848.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 15 - The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Edinburgh, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.[1]
- February 18 - The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.[2]
[edit] April events
- April 3 - The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.[3]
[edit] July events
- July 11 - London Waterloo station opens.[4]
[edit] September events
- September 10 - Use of the atmospheric system on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon Railway (England) ceases after less than a year of operation.[5]
[edit] October events
- October 2 - The Skipton to Colne section of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened.[6]
- October 28 - The first railway in Spain, connecting Barcelona and Mataró, opens.[7]
[edit] November events
- November 1 - First W H Smith bookstall at a railway station opens, at Euston Station, in London.[4]
- November 3 - The first railway in South America opens, from Georgetown to Plaisance (8 km (5.0 mi)) in British Guiana.[8]
[edit] December events
- December - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest part of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, begins operation.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Virginia) manager Joseph R. Anderson becomes the owner of the company.
- Wien Westbahnhof, the terminal of Austrian Western Railway in Vienna, Austria, opens.
[edit] Births
[edit] February births
- February 20 - E. H. Harriman, executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the turn of the 20th century (d. 1909).
[edit] Unknown date births
- Alonzo C. Mather - founder of Mather Stock Car Company, designed the first widely-recognized humane stock car (d. 1941).[9]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] August deaths
- August 12 - George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1781).[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas, John (1971). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 6 – Scotland: the Lowlands and Borders. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5408-6.
- ^ Morris, J. C., ed. (December 31, 1902). Ohio Railway Report: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ New York Central Railroad System (1913). "History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company". New York Central System Annual Report. http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Hadfield, Charles (1967). Atmospheric Railways. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4107-3.
- ^ Binns, Donald (2005). Midland Lines Railway Stations Past and Present. Trackside Publications. ISBN 1900095262.
- ^ Wais, Francisco (1987). Historia de los Ferrocarriles Españoles, 1. Madrid: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. ISBN 84-398-9876-2.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Dieffenbacher, Jane (2002). "Mather Family of Fairfield, NY". Archived from the original on February 21, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050221111011/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/fairfield/matherfamily.html. Retrieved March 24, 2005.
- ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). George and Robert Stephenson. London: Longmans.
