1866 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1866.
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[edit] Events
[edit] July events
- July 27 - The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.
[edit] August events
- August 11 - The Kansas Pacific Railroad tracks reach Manhattan, Kansas, where westward progress stalls while a bridge is built across the Big Blue River.
- August 28 - The Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad, in Illinois, is incorporated.
- August 29 - The first demonstration runs are held on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, in New Hampshire, as Peppersass, the road's first steam locomotive, hauls a platform of passengers up a 0.1 mile (161 m) section of track.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The John Bull, eventually to become the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, is retired from active service on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the Piedmont Railroad.
- Franklin B. Gowen becomes president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Junction City, Kansas, from Kansas City.
- After the death of Matthias W. Baldwin, Matthew Baird becomes the sole proprietor of Baldwin Locomotive Works.
[edit] Births
[edit] January births
- January 31 - William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935 (d. 1935)[1]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] September deaths
- September 7 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works (b. 1795).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1793).
[edit] References
- Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum (2000), General Atterbury. Retrieved February 21, 2005.
- Franklin Gowen. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
- Good, Mike (December 17, 2001), Corporate History: St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
- (January 13, 2000), History of railroad passenger service in Champaign-Urbana. Retrieved August 28, 2005.
- MountWashington.com, Mount Washington Cog Railway. Retrieved August 29, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- New York Times, August 22, 1866.
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Indiana. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
