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none thumb|Great Western Railway Station, Toronto (1867) 1866 1867 1868 1860 Events February events February 16 – The São Paulo Railway in Brazil is opened, including an incline system on the Serra do Mar.A Gateway to Brazil http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r059.html Mike's Railway History 2013-02-19 May 2009 April events April 18 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Portishead branch, built by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company, opens. May events May 7 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850– 1899) The Railways of Canada Archives 2006-05-05 Smith Ivan 1998 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050301090050/http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html 2005-03-01 June events June 29 – The Warrington rail crash in England kills 8 people. August events August 10 – The first railway in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) (and the first in Asia outside the Indian subcontinent) opens between Semarang and Tanggun in central Java (25 km mi.142 Tahun Stasiun Ambarawa – Wisata Sejarah Kereta Api Indonesia heritage.kereta-api.co.id, PT Kereta Api Indonesia Kompas 12 2015-05-23 Indonesian August 21 – The rack railway at Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.Shire of Mount Morgan http://www.mountmorgan.com/railwayHist.html The Mount Morgan Railway August 16, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050624170628/http://www.mountmorgan.com/railwayHist.html 2005-06-24 dead August 24 – Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.October 2016 August 27 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm This Month in Railroad History: August 2005 2006-08-25 September events September 4 – The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England. October events October – John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell 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 November events November 19 – The Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company incorporated. December events December 1 – Skjærdalen and Tyristrand are connected on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway. December 9 – The Lyttelton rail tunnel in New Zealand of 2595m between Christchurch and the port of Lyttelton is opened. December 18 – The 'Angola Horror' train wreck kills 49 people near Angola, New York when the last coach of a Lake Shore train derails and plunges down a gulley. Unknown date events Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires control of the New York Central railroad. The Lehigh Valley Railroad places the first 2-10-0 steam locomotives in the world into use. Construction on the Union Pacific Railroad reaches Cheyenne, Wyoming.The Colorado Central Railroad http://utahrails.net/up/colorado-central.php Utah Rails.Net 21 November 2012 An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.Matthew Richardson The Penguin Book of Firsts 2001 Penguin Books India New Delhi 0-14-302771-9 283 Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas. Births Unknown date births Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (d. 1939).President and Fellows of Harvard College 2004 http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/335/ 20th Century American Leaders Carl R. Gray March 2, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050317181801/http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/335/ 17 March 2005 dead Deaths January deaths January 5 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802). February deaths February 7 – William Dargan, Irish railway contractor (b. 1799).Irish Railway Collection Holywood Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 1993 0-902588-50-8 June deaths June 13 - Gridley Bryant, inventor of many basic railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789). References American locomotive engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.