1858 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1858.
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[edit] Events
[edit] May events
- May - First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.[1]
[edit] July events
- June 17 - The Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro to New Bern, North Carolina.[2]
[edit] August events
- August 23 - The Round Oak rail accident in England kills 14.
[edit] September events
- John Ramsbottom (engineer) on the London and North Western Railway introduces the first Class DX 0-6-0 goods locomotives. There will be 943 engines built to this design, the largest steam locomotive class in the British Isles.[3]
[edit] Unknown date events
- John W. Garrett becomes president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[4][5]
[edit] Births
[edit] February births
- February 18 - Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924).[6]
[edit] April births
- April 23 - Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1903, D&H 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920.[7]
[edit] December births
- December 20 - David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (d. 1938).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] July deaths
- July 31 - Edward Pease, first promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (b. 1767).
[edit] November deaths
- November 11 - Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1794).[8][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Fryer, C.E.J. (1997). A History of Slipping and Slip Carriages. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-514-9.
- ^ "Railroads — prior to the Civil War". North Carolina Business History. 2006. http://www.historync.org/railroads.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "DX Goods". London and North Western Railway Society. 2003. http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/GoodsLocos/Loco21.php. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Biography of John Work Garrett". http://www.bookrags.com/biography/john-work-garrett/. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ Garrett State Bank. "About Us". Archived from the original on 2005-02-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20050211082028/http://www.garrettstatebank.com/about.htm. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ a b Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
- ^ Kansas City Southern Historical Society. "The Kansas City Southern Lines". http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm. Retrieved 2005-08-15.
- ^ "Edward Bury". 2004-10-30. http://www.steamindex.com/people/bury.htm. Retrieved 2005-02-09.
