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none 1864 1865 1866 1860 Events January events January 5 – The Festiniog Railway in North Wales officially opens to passengers, the first narrow gauge railway in the British Isles to do so.Johnson, Peter An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway 1832–1954 Hersham Oxford Publishing Co 2007 978-0-86093-603-9 January 10 – The California Pacific Railroad absorbs the Sacramento and San Francisco Rail Road Company and the San Francisco and Marysville Rail Road Company. February events February – The Confederate States of America authorize military control of railroads for the American Civil War.Railways at War Westwood John Howell-North Books 1980 0-8310-7138-9 29 February 4 – The assets of Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad in Ohio are sold in bankruptcy proceedings and split between the Little Miami Railroad and Columbus and Xenia Railroad.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 2006-02-04. February 9 – The Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad, predecessor to the Colorado Central Railroad, is chartered. February 15 – The Chicago and North Western Railway and Galena and Chicago Union Railroad merge. March events March – The Central Pacific Railroad hires agents to recruit thousands of Chinese workers from Guangdong Province. March 17 – The Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company shops in Berwick, Pennsylvania, are destroyed by fire.http://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/jacksonwoodin.htm Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company Mid-Continent Railway Museum 2006-04-11 2008-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511170122/http://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/jacksonwoodin.htm 11 May 2008 live April events April – The funeral train for Abraham Lincoln travels from Washington, D.C., to Illinois. May events May – Opening of Talyllyn Railway in Wales.J. I. C. Boyd James I. C. Boyd The Tal-y-Llyn Railway Didcot Wild Swan Publications 1988 0-906867-46-0 45 May 5 – The first train robbery in the United States takes place, in North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), committed by armed guerillas from the American Civil War. May 25 – The first steel rails are rolled at a foundry in Chicago from Bessemer steel made in blast furnaces in Wyandotte, Michigan.Barnett Leroy Making America's First Steel in Wyandotte Michigan History 88 4 July–August 2004 June events June 7 – The Rednal rail crash in England, a derailment at a permanent way work site, kills thirteen. June 9 – The Staplehurst rail crash in England, a derailment at a permanent way work site, kills ten and injures 49; Charles Dickens is amongst the survivors. July 31 – Opening of the narrow gauge (3ft6in) main line from Ipswich to Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin July 1965 pp. 121–136.Lee Robert Potential railway world heritage sites in Asia and the Pacific Institute of Railway Studies, University of York 2003 http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/papers/robert2.htm 2011-09-22 August events August 7 – The Lawrence Railroad and Transportation Company, with tracks in Pennsylvania and Ohio, is reorganized as the Lawrence Railroad Company.Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved 2005-08-07. September events September 1 – The English company John Trevor-Barkley begins construction on the Bucharest–Giurgiu line, the first railroad line built in the territory of Romania. September 13 – Algernon S. Buford becomes president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad. September 14 – The Brockville and Ottawa Railway begins operations between Arnprior and Sand Point, Ontario, a distance of about 6 miles (10 km).Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history https://web.archive.org/web/20060427061656/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm 2006-04-27 . Retrieved 2005-09-13. October events October 2 – First section of Sri Lanka Railways, at this time known as Ceylon Government Railways, officially opens from Colombo to Ambepussa (54 km mi on) on 5 ft 6in (1676 mm) gauge.October 2016 October 18 – Almelo railway station in the Netherlands is opened. December events December 20 – Alkmaar railway station in the Netherlands is opened. Unknown date events section October 2020 The United Kingdom Institution of Civil Engineers forms the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps.Railways at War Westwood John Howell-North Books 1980 0-8310-7138-9 91 The Union Pacific Railway, later to become the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and not to be confused with the Union Pacific Railroad, begins operations. A group of businessmen in San Francisco, led by Timothy Guy Phelps, found the Southern Pacific Railroad to build a rail connection between San Francisco and San Diego. Erastus Corning resigns from his executive post for the New York Central Railroad. The Canadian Engine and Machinery Company, predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, is founded from the assets of the bankrupt Kingston Locomotive Works. Missouri Car and Foundry Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in St. Louis, Missouri. Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel opens for rail service. Births March births March 2 – Frederick Methvan Whyte, mechanical engineer for the New York Central Railroad, creator of Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives (d. 1941).Lane, Harold Francis The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America 1913 Simmons-Boardman New York 1913 588 October births October 9 – George Hughes, Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1904–1922, the London and North Western Railway 1922–1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925–1931 (d. 1945). Deaths Unknown date deaths William T. James, American inventor of the link motion and spark arrester (b. 1786). References Further reading