1851 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1851.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 4 - The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.[1]
- February 7 - the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 10 - The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered.[2]
- February 25 - the first passenger train on the Milwaukee Road operates over what is then known as the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
[edit] April events
- April 19 - The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, in New York state, is chartered.
[edit] June events
- June - The first "refrigerated boxcar" enters service on the Northern Railroad of New York.
[edit] July events
- July 4 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad
[edit] December events
- December 22 - The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The oldest line to become a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway begins construction between Houston, Texas, and Alleyton, Texas.
- The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad changes its name to the Mohawk Valley Railroad.
[edit] Births
[edit] June births
- June 24 - Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Railroad 1887-1907 (d. 1923).
[edit] September births
- September 16 - Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 1896-1911, is born (d. 1923).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
- ^ Steamtown National Historic Site, Illinois Central Railroad number 790. Retrieved February 10, 2006.
