1848 in rail transport

none 1847 1848 1849 1840 Events February events February 15 – The Caledonian Railway is opened to the public throughout between Edinburgh and Carstairs in Scotland and Carlisle in England, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.Thomas, John A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 6 – Scotland: the Lowlands and Borders 1971 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-5408-6 February 18 – The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html Ohio Railway Report: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio Morris, J. C. December 31, 1902 February 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116010439/http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html 16 January 2010 live March events March – The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway completes its Ballochmyle Viaduct, designed by John Miller. The main arch of 181 ft m span, carrying the rails 169 ft m above the River Ayr, is the world's longest masonry span. This section of line is opened to traffic on 9 August.Smith Martin British Railway Bridges & Viaducts Shepperton Ian Allan 45–46 1994 0-7110-2273-9 April events April 3 – The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company New York Central Railroad System 1913 New York Central System Annual Report April 3, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060329022640/http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html 29 March 2006 dead May events May 1 – Opening for Chester and Holyhead Railway traffic of the first tube of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge in north Wales.Peter E. Baughan The Chester & Holyhead Railway 1 Newton Abbot David & Charles 1972 0-7153-5617-8 May 12 – Waterford and Kilkenny Railway in Ireland opens between Kilkenny and Thomastown.Irish railways Railscot http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf 2020-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf 2007-09-26 live May 22 – The Scottish Central Railway opens to Perth railway station, Scotland, including the 1220 yd m on Moncrieff Tunnel on the southern approach to Perth. June events June 12 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway's Tiverton branch line opens. July events July – Henschel & Son turn out the first locomotive from their works in Kassel.The works of Messrs Henschel & Sohn, Cassel Locomotive Magazine 6 1901 152–3 London July 11 – London Waterloo station opens.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 July 20 – Grand Trunk Railway predecessor Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad opens.The Grand Trunk in New England Holt, Jeff Railfare 1985 0-919130-43-7 September events September 10 – Use of the atmospheric system on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon Railway (England) ceases after less than a year of operation.Hadfield Charles Atmospheric Railways 1967 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-4107-3 October events October 2 – The Skipton to Colne section of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened.Midland Lines Railway Stations Past and Present Donald Binns Trackside Publications 2005 1-900095-26-2 October 28 – The first railway in Spain, connecting Barcelona and Mataró, opens.Wais, Francisco Historia de los Ferrocarriles Españoles, 1 Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles Madrid 1987 84-398-9876-2 November events November 1 – First W H Smith bookstall at a railway station opens, at Euston Station, in London. November 3 – The first railway in South America opens, from Georgetown to Plaisance (8 km mi on) in British Guiana.October 2016 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. Unknown date events Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Virginia) manager Joseph R. Anderson becomes the owner of the company. Births February births February 20 – E. H. Harriman, executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the start of the 20th century (died 1909). April births April 12 – Alonzo C. Mather, founder of Mather Stock Car Company, designer of first widely recognized humane stock car (died 1941).Dieffenbacher, Jane 2002 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/fairfield/matherfamily.html Mather Family of Fairfield, NY March 24, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050221111011/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/fairfield/matherfamily.html February 21, 2005 dead September births September 15 – Alfred de Glehn, English-born designer of French steam locomotives (died 1936). Deaths August deaths August 12 – George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (born 1781).Rolt, L. T. C. George and Robert Stephenson 1960 Longmans London References