1867 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1867.
Events
February events
- February 16 – The São Paulo Railway in Brazil is opened, including an incline system on the Serra do Mar.[1]
April events
- April 18 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Portishead branch, built by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company, opens.
May events
- May 7 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.[2]
June events
- June 29 – The Warrington rail crash in England kills 8 people.
August events
- August 10 – The first railway in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) (and the first in Asia outside the Indian subcontinent) opens between Semarang and Tanggun in central Java (25 kilometres (16 mi).[3]
- August 21 – The rack railway at Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.[4]
- August 24 – Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.[5][page needed]
- August 27 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.[6]
September events
- September 4 – The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.
October events
- October – John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell as president of the Erie Railroad.[7]
November events
- November 19 – The Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company incorporated.
December events
- December 1 – Skjærdalen and Tyristrand are connected on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway.
- 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 when the last coach of a Lake Shore train derails and plunges down a gulley.
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.
- Construction on the Union Pacific Railroad reaches Cheyenne, Wyoming.[8]
- An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.[9]
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas.
Births
Unknown date births
- Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (d. 1939).[10]
Deaths
January deaths
- January 5 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802).
February deaths
- February 7 – William Dargan, Irish railway contractor (b. 1799).[11]
June deaths
- June 13 - Gridley Bryant, inventor of many basic railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789).
References
- American locomotive engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797.
- ^ "A Gateway to Brazil". Mike's Railway History. May 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
- ^ Smith, Ivan (1998). "Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850– 1899)". The Railways of Canada Archives. Archived from the original on 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
- ^ "142 Tahun Stasiun Ambarawa – Wisata Sejarah Kereta Api Indonesia". heritage.kereta-api.co.id, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (in Indonesian). Kompas. 2015-05-23. p. 12.
- ^ "The Mount Morgan Railway". Shire of Mount Morgan. Archived from the original on 2005-06-24. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- ^ "The Colorado Central Railroad". Utah Rails.Net. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
- ^ Irish Railway Collection. Holywood: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. 1993. ISBN 0-902588-50-8.