1853 in rail transport

thumb|right|alt=1853 in rail transport none February 2012 1852 1853 1854 1850 Events January events January 25 – The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway, a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line. January – The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, the first railroad built in Arkansas is chartered. February events February 5 – The Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is established in Iowa to build a railroad between Davenport and Council Bluffs.Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1970 reprint by the Rock Island Technical Society 1996 http://storm.simpson.edu/~RITS/histories/RIHistory.html Yard Clerical Manual: A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad https://web.archive.org/web/20060224220109/http://storm.simpson.edu/~RITS/histories/RIHistory.html February 24, 2006 February 5, 2006 April events April 2 – The New York Central Railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in the New York area. April 16 – The first passenger train in India is inaugurated between Bori Bunder, Bombay (edge of site of modern-day Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai), and Thana covering a distance of 34 km mi on. April 20 – Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, resolves that trunk rail development in that country will be by private enterprise under close government supervision.http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Saxena R.P. Indian Railway History Time Line 2008 December 21, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm February 29, 2012 dead mdy-all May events May 6 – The Norwalk rail accident is the first major US railroad bridge disaster, killing 48.https://books.google.com/books?id=S7t8DW4iYDMC&dq=norwalk+1853+wreck&pg=PA34 Railroad Wrecks Edgar A. Haine 1994 34 The first of many railroad bridge disasters: South Norwalk, Conn–May 1853–56 dead 9780845348444 Google Books May 17 – The New York Central Railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in New York under the direction of Erastus Corning. July events July 8 – The Northern Indiana Railroad is formed through the merger of several smaller railroads in Indiana and Ohio. July 18 – The Portland gauge Grand Trunk Railway is completed from Montreal to the ice-free seaport of Portland, Maine.The Grand Trunk in New England Holt Jeff Railfare 1985 0-919130-43-7 47 August events August 1 – The original Acton station (renamed in 1920 to Acton Central) near London, England, opens. August 19 – The Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad, a predecessor of the Wabash Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana. September events September 20 – Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens. October events October 1 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Yeovil branch line is fully opened for passenger traffic. October 26 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Yeovil branch line is fully opened for goods traffic. October – Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder 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 March 18, 2005 dead November events November 1 – Canada West Railroad opens its first division connecting Niagara Falls to Hamilton, Ontario.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52234149/daily-free-democrat/ Canada West Railroad Daily Free Democrat Milwaukee, Wisconsin November 8, 1853 2 Newspapers.com November 7 – The Arkansas Midland Railroad is created by an act of the Arkansas legislature. November 10 – Canada's Great Western Railway opens the line from Hamilton, Ontario, to the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls. December events December 17 – The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, is incorporated. Unknown date events The Monon Railroad opens its 300 mi km on route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens. Accidents uncollapsed Births April births April 25 – John Frank Stevens, chief engineer and general manager of Great Northern Railway, vice president Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (d. 1943). October births October 6 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899–1918 (d. 1923). October 14 – John William Kendrick, chief engineer 1888–1893, general manager 1893–1899 and vice president 1899–1911 of Northern Pacific Railway and vice-chairman of the board for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (d. 1924). Deaths July deaths July 24 – Hezekiah C. Seymour, chief engineer for Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad (b. 1811). September deaths September 6 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (b. 1800). References Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department May 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928123044/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning/F%20%26%20E/SRP_2002all.pdf http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning/F%20%26%20E/SRP_2002all.pdf 2007-09-28 Arkansas state rail plan 2002 September 19, 2006 Colin Churcher's Railway Pages August 16, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20060424080243/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm 2006-04-24 Significant dates in Canadian railway history November 8, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20060329022640/http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html 2006-03-29 History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company July 7, 2005 Missouri Pacific Historical Society 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051001181523/http://www.mopac.org/history_stlims.asp http://www.mopac.org/history_stlims.asp 2005-10-01 St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS) November 7, 2005 Morris J. C. December 31, 1902 http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1850.html Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, History of the railroads of Ohio August 16, 2005