1848 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1848.
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[edit] Events
[edit] April events
- April 3 - The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.[1]
[edit] September events
- September 9 - The high bridge of the Newcastle to Berwick Railway across the River Tyne in England is completed.
- September 10 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's experimental atmospheric railway, the South Devon Railway, closes after less than a year of operation.
[edit] December events
- December - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest part of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, begins operation.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Tredegar Iron Works manager Joseph R. Anderson becomes the owner of the company.
- Wien Westbahnhof, the terminal of Austrian Western Railway in Vienna, Austria, opens.
- The first railway in Spain, connecting Barcelona and Mataró, opens.
[edit] Births
[edit] February births
- February 20 - E. H. Harriman, executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the turn of the 20th century (d. 1909).
[edit] Unknown date births
- Alonzo C. Mather - founder of Mather Stock Car Company, designed the first widely-recognized humane stock car (d. 1941).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] August deaths
- August 12 - George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1781).
[edit] References
- Dieffenbacher, Jane (2002), Mather Family of Fairfield, NY. Retrieved March 24, 2005.
- Tyneside and Berwick Railways. Retrieved September 8, 2005.
- ^ New York Central Railroad System (1913). History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. New York Central System Annual Report. Retrieved on 3 April, 2006.
