1867 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1867.
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[edit] Events
[edit] May events
- May 7 - The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.[1]
[edit] June events
- June 29 - The Warrington rail crash in England kills 8 people.
[edit] August events
- August 21 - The Mount Morgan Railway in Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.[2]
- August 24 - Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.[3]
- August 27 - J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.[4]
[edit] September events
- September 4 - The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.
[edit] October events
- October - John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell as president of the Erie Railroad.[5]
[edit] December events
- December 9 - The Lyttelton rail tunnel in New Zealand of 2595m between Christchurch and the Port of Lyttelton is opened.
- December 18 - The 'Angola Horror' train wreck kills 49 people near Angola, New York.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires control of the New York Central railroad.
- The Lehigh Valley Railroad places the first 2-10-0 steam locomotives in the world into use.
- An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.[6]
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas.
[edit] Births
[edit] Unknown date births
- Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (d. 1939).[7]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January deaths
- January 5 - William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802).
[edit] February deaths
- February 7 - William Dargan, Irish railway contractor (b. 1799).[8]
[edit] June deaths
- June 13 - Gridley Bryant, inventor of many basic railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789).
[edit] References
- American locomotive engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. OCLC 1785797.
- ^ Smith, Ivan (1998). "Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850- 1899)". The Railways of Canada Archives. http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
- ^ "The Mount Morgan Railway". Shire of Mount Morgan. http://www.mountmorgan.com/railwayHist.html. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- ^ Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 283. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.
- ^ "Carl R. Gray". 20th Century American Leaders. President and Fellows of Harvard College. 2004. http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/335/. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
- ^ Irish Railway Collection. Holywood: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. 1993. ISBN 0-902588-50-8.
