1868 in rail transport

none 1867 1868 1869 1860 Events January events January 1 – Construction begins on the Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad mainline that will connect Denver to Golden, Colorado. January 3 – The Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad is incorporated in Michigan. January 14 – The Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad officially changes its name to Colorado Central Railroad. February events February 12 – The Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway merge to form the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway. February 17 – Manningham station opens on the Midland Railway north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. February 18 – The Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad is incorporated in California. April events April 3 – The Flushing and North Side Rail Road is incorporated in New York.http://arrts-arrchives.com/ aRRt's aRRchives Huneke, John 2006 April 3, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060402234809/http://arrts-arrchives.com/ 2 April 2006 live May events May 18 – The Denver Pacific Railway breaks ground on a railroad connection between Denver, Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. June events June – The first edition of the Official Guide of the Railways (later known as the Official Railway Guide) is published in the United States. July events July – Jay Gould succeeds John S. Eldridge as president of the Erie Railroad.http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html Erie Railroad presidents March 15, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html 18 March 2005 dead July 1 – The cable-operated West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, built on Greenwich Street (Manhattan) by Charles T. Harvey, becomes the first elevated railway in the United States. August events August 20 – Abergele train disaster in North Wales: a London and North Western Railway Irish Mail passenger train on the Chester and Holyhead line collides with cargo trucks loaded with paraffin leaving 33 dead, the greatest toll up to this date in any British railway accident.Robert Hume Death by Chance: The Abergele Train Disaster, 1868 2004 Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Llanrwst 0-86381-900-1 August 31 – The Virginia Central Railroad and the Covington and Ohio Railroad are merged to form the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. Annual Report of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to the Stockholders 1868–1877. Enquirer and Examiner Steam Print, 1869. pg. 23. September events September 2 – William F. Nast succeeds Samuel C. Pomeroy as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. September 10 – Romania's Gara de Nord station in Bucharest opens. September 24 – Henry C. Lord succeeds William F. Nast as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. thumb|right|200px|Barlow’s train shed at London St Pancras newly completed September 25 – The Big Four purchase the Southern Pacific Railroad. October events October 1 – Opening of the Midland Railway's St Pancras station in London, England.Jackson, Alan A. London's Termini 1985 David & Charles Newton Abbot 2nd 978-0-7153-8634-7 October 12 – Hønefoss Station in Norway opens. October 26 – The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad opens between Midland and Averill, Michigan.http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1860s/TimeLine1860sBackUp.htm Michigan Railroad History Timeline: 1860s October 26, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061029083404/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1860s/TimeLine1860sBackUp.htm 2006-10-29 dead October 30 – Ground is broken in Topeka, Kansas, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. November events November 1 – Staatsspoorwegen opens Bad Nieuweschans railway station, now the easternmost station in the Netherlands, with the first train services there.nl http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=Nieuweschans Station Nieuweschans Stationsweb 18 April 2015nl http://www.prorail.nl/sites/default/files/spoorkaart_prorail_april_2013.pdf Spoorkaart Nederland ProRail 2013 18 April 2015 Unknown date events Leland Stanford succeeds Timothy Guy Phelps as President of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Calcutta & South Eastern Railway transferred to Indian Government.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena, R. P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 December 23, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm 2012-02-29 dead First Meyer locomotive to the patent of Jean-Jacques Meyer, L'Avenir, is built by Cail in France. Births May births May 12 – Samuel T. Bledsoe, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1933–1939 (d. 1939).http://tribes.tribe.net/e388baea-51eb-417f-9390-06fe37f92e41/thread/482a36e6-8aac-44a1-9a68-61e04d03b4df 10,00 Famous Freemasons..prepared By Truman written by Denslow May 19, 2008 December 9, 1957 reprinted by Tribe.net https://web.archive.org/web/20080719080147/http://tribes.tribe.net/e388baea-51eb-417f-9390-06fe37f92e41/thread/482a36e6-8aac-44a1-9a68-61e04d03b4df 2008-07-19 deadHistory of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Bryant, Keith L. Jr. 1982 University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-6066-0 260–261 May 26 – Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell, Chief mechanical engineer for the Southern Railway 1923–1937 (d. 1944).February 26, 1999 http://www.hmilburn.easynet.co.uk/enthuse/engineers/southern/maunsell.htm Railway engineers – Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell February 10, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20041216075843/http://www.hmilburn.easynet.co.uk/enthuse/engineers/southern/maunsell.htm 2004-12-16 deadNovember 2, 2004 https://steamindex.com/people/maunsell.htm Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell February 10, 2005 References History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved August 6, 2005. Waters, Lawrence Leslie 1950 Steel Trails to Santa Fe University of Kansas Press Lawrence, Kansas