1849 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1849.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 20 - The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster.[1]
[edit] March events
- March 3 - The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri.[2]
- March 24 - The Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad, which eventually became the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway after a foreclosure sale, is chartered in Pennsylvania.[3]
- March - The governments of India and England form the first agreements of the Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India.[4]
[edit] August events
- August 15 - Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway at Newcastle upon Tyne, England is opened permanently for rail traffic.[5]
- August 17 - The Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India is finalised.
[edit] November events
- November 1 - The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Glasgow, 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.[6]
[edit] Unknown date events
- Train ferry PS Leviathan, designed by Thomas Grainger for the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, enters service carrying freight cars across the Forth estuary in Scotland between Granton and Burntisland.[7]
[edit] Births
[edit] October births
- October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (d. 1923).
[edit] December births
- December 12 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1920).
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
- ^ "100 Years of Service". 1960. http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/history/100years.cfm. Retrieved 2006-04-20.
- ^ Morris, J. C., compiler, (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II: History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
- ^ Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Early Days - I. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- ^ Addyman, John; Fawcett, Bill (1999). The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station – 150 years across the Tyne. North Eastern Railway Association. ISBN 1-873513-28-3.
- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
