1854 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1854.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 16 - The permanent London Paddington station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway of England, is opened.[1]
[edit] February events
- February 15 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, opens for railroad traffic.
- February 22 - Chicago & Rock Island Railroad opens throughout to Rock Island, Illinois, making it the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River.
[edit] April events
- April 30 - Opening of first railway in Brazil, running 16 km (9.9 mi) inland from Mauá on 1676 mm (5ft 6in) gauge.[2]
[edit] May events
[edit] June events
- June - The Grand Excursion takes prominent Eastern United States inhabitants from Chicago, Illinois to Rock Island, Illinois by railroad, then up the Mississippi River to St. Paul, Minnesota by steamboat.
[edit] July events
- July 1 - The Harcourt Street railway line opens between Dublin and Bray, Ireland.
- July 3 - The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, opens for passenger service.
[edit] August events
- August 15 - First section of East Indian Railway opens, from Howrah to Hooghly (37 km).[3][4]
- August 20 - The first trains operate in what is now Romania between Oraviţa, Transylvania, and Baziaş, on the Danube.
- August 21 - The Great Western Railway of Canada opens its Galt Branch.
[edit] September events
- September 1 - Opening of first railway in Norway, the Hovedjernbanen, from Christiania (Oslo) to Eidsvoll (67.6 km).[2]
[edit] October events
- October 20 - Kingston Locomotive Works, the predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, completes construction of its first steam locomotive.
- October 25 - The Carillon and Grenville Railway, in Canada, opens.
[edit] November events
- November 13 - Opening London Necropolis railway station (special railway station constructed by the London Necropolis Company for funeral trains).
[edit] Unknown date events
- Aretas Blood purchases the steam locomotive manufacturing business of Amoskeag Locomotive Works and folds it into Manchester Locomotive Works.
- Henry Farnam becomes president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
[edit] Births
[edit] January births
- January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (d. 1932).
[edit] February births
- February 14 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927 (d. 1928).[5]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] February deaths
- February 19 - Whitmell P. Tunstall, first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad (b. 1810).
[edit] References
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved October 25, 2005.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- ^ Brindle, Steven (2004). Paddington Station: its history and architecture. Swindon: English Heritage. ISBN 1-873592-70-1.
- ^ a b c Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Rao, M. A. (1988). Indian Railways. New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp. 18–19.
- ^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Kansas City Southern Historical Society. "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm. Retrieved 2005-08-15.
