1859 in rail transport

none 1858 1859 1860 1850 Events February events February 11 — The Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, forerunner of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is chartered in Kansas.Baker Library Historical Collections http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/sfa/atchison,_topeka.htm Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879–1896 2005-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20050410014842/http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/sfa/atchison%2C_topeka.htm 2005-04-10 dead The Cosmopolitan February 1893 http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/statsf.Html The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2005-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20050414005242/http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/statsf.Html 14 April 2005 liveSanta Fe Railroad 1945 Along Your Way Rand McNally Chicago, Illinois February 13 — Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad completes construction of its line across Missouri to connect its namesake cities. March events March 3 — Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.Northern Railway of India http://www.northrail.org/scripts/static/history.aspx History Of Northern Railway 2006-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20060202041429/http://www.northrail.org/scripts/static/history.aspx 2 February 2006 dead thumb|250px|right|The Royal Albert Bridge, Brunel’s last work March 15 – While under lease to Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Somerset Central Railway is extended to Wells. May events May 2 — Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash in Cornwall, England, opened by Prince Albert.Binding, John Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge 1997 Twelveheads Press Truro 0-906294-39-8 May 4 — Cornwall Railway opened across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.Woodfin, R. J. The Cornwall Railway 1972 Bradford Barton Truro June events June 2 — The organization that is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway purchases the assets of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad. June 7 — The Chicago and North Western Railway is chartered. June 11 — French law approves agreements concluded with railway companies;Journal du Palais: Lois, décrets, règlements et instructions d'intérêt général suivis d'annotations 9 Giraudeau 1859 125 At the initiative of Charles, Duc de Morny, the concessions are divided into six large companies: Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée, Orléans, Midi, Est, Ouest and Nord. August events August — Samuel Marsh succeeds Charles Moran as president of the Erie Railroad.Erie Railroad presidents http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html 2005-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html 18 March 2005 dead September events September 1 — The first Pullman sleeping car leaves Bloomington, Illinois, on an overnight trip to Chicago; first Pullman conductor is Jonathan L. Barnes. September 12 – At a meeting under Drammen chairmanship in Norway, construction of a railway line to connect Drammen and Randsfjorden, later known as the Randsfjorden Line, is selected over the option for a waterway.På sporet med Krøderkippen Berntsen Ulf Lund Thure Lunner Dagfinn 1997 Norwegian Railway Club / Krøderen Line Foundation 82-90286-20-1 Norwegian 26 September 22 – The Chemins de fer de l'Est opens its line from Paris Gare de la Bastille to Vincennes and La Varenne in France. October events October 3 — The Cologne-Minden Railway Company opens the Cathedral Bridge (Dombrücke) across the Rhine in Cologne giving access to the city's new Central Station. December events December 27 — Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history https://web.archive.org/web/20060424080243/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm 2006-04-24 . Retrieved December 27, 2005 Unknown date events Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España of Spain introduces its standard 0-6-0 goods locomotives, almost all of which will be in service for more than a century.Irwin Pryce McAllister, Leslie Steaming in Three Centuries: the story of the 101 Class locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway Camberley Irish Railway Record Society, London Area 2006 0-902564-08-0 Births January births January 11 — Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (d. 1920). April births April 3 – Darius Miller, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1910–1914 (d. 1914).https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/08/24/101924320.pdf Darius Miller Dead New York Times August 24, 1914 November 30, 2013 http://gravelyspeaking.com/2013/01/09/the-curse-of-king-tut/ The Curse of King Tut Gravely Speaking January 9, 2013 November 30, 2013 April 11 — Stuart R. Knott, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1900–1905 (d. 1943).Kansas City Southern Historical Society http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm The Kansas City Southern Lines 2005-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20050828172330/http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm 28 August 2005 live July births July 21 — Hugo Lentz, Austrian inventor of a valve gear for steam engines (d. 1944).John Marshall John Marshall (railway historian) Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers 2nd Oxford Railway and Canal Historical Society 2003 0-901461-22-9 November births November 13 — Georg Knorr, German inventor of the Knorr brake (d. 1911). December births December 3 — Vincent Raven, chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway (UK) from 1910 to 1922 (d. 1934). Deaths September deaths September 15 — Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Englishh civil engineer of the Great Western Railway (b. 1806).Rolt, L. T. C. Isambard Kingdom Brunel: a biography https://archive.org/details/isambardkingdomb0000rolt registration 1957 Longmans London October deaths October 12 — Robert Stephenson, English railway civil engineer and steam locomotive builder (b. 1803).Rolt, L. T. C. George and Robert Stephenson 1960 Longmans London References