1853 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1853.
Events
January events
- January 25 – The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway, a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line.
- January – The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, the first railroad built in Arkansas is chartered.
February events
- February 5 – The Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is established in Iowa to build a railroad between Davenport and Council Bluffs.[1]
April events
- April 2 – The New York Central Railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in the New York area.
- April 16 – The first passenger train in India is inaugurated between Bori Bunder, Bombay (edge of site of modern-day Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai), and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 mi).
- April 20 – Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, resolves that trunk rail development in that country will be by private enterprise under close government supervision.[2]
May events
- May 6 – The Norwalk rail accident is the first major US railroad bridge disaster, killing 48.[3]
- May 17 – The New York Central Railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in New York under the direction of Erastus Corning.
July events
- July 8 – The Northern Indiana Railroad is formed through the merger of several smaller railroads in Indiana and Ohio.
- July 18 – The Portland gauge Grand Trunk Railway is completed from Montreal to the ice-free seaport of Portland, Maine.[4]
August events
- August 1 – The original Acton station (renamed in 1920 to Acton Central) near London, England, opens.
- August 19 – The Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad, a predecessor of the Wabash Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana.
September events
- September 20 – Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens.
October events
- October – Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder as president of the Erie Railroad.[5]
November events
- November 7 – The Arkansas Midland Railroad is created by an act of the Arkansas legislature.
- November 10 – Canada's Great Western Railway opens the line from Hamilton, Ontario, to the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls.
December events
- December 17 – The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, is incorporated.
Unknown date events
- The Monon Railroad opens its 300-mile (480 km) route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky
- American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.
Births
April births
- April 25 – John Frank Stevens, chief engineer and general manager of Great Northern Railway, vice president Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (d. 1943).
October births
- October 6 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899–1918 (d. 1923).
- October 14 – John William Kendrick, chief engineer 1888-1893, general manager 1893-1899 and vice president 1899-1911 of Northern Pacific Railway and vice-chairman of the board for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (d. 1924).
Deaths
July deaths
- July 24 - Hezekiah C. Seymour, chief engineer for Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad, dies (b. 1811).
August deaths
- August – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (b. 1801).
References
- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), Arkansas state rail plan 2002 (PDF). Retrieved September 19, 2006.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society, (2005), St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS). Retrieved November 7, 2005.
- 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 August 16, 2005.
- ^ Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (1970; reprinted by the Rock Island Technical Society, 1996), Yard Clerical Manual: A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad. Retrieved February 5, 2006
- ^ Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ Haine, Edgar A. (1994). "The first of many railroad bridge disasters: South Norwalk, Conn–May 1853–56 dead". Railroad Wrecks. p. 34 – via Google Books.
- ^ Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 47. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
- ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
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