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- Events January events February events April events May events July events August events September events October events November events December events Unknown date events
- Births April births October births
- Deaths July deaths September deaths
- References
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}{{Year in rail transport|prev=1852|curr=1853|next=1854|decade=1850}}EventsJanuary 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.[1]
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 {{convert|34|km|mi|abbr=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.[2]
May events - May 6 – The Norwalk rail accident is the first major US railroad bridge disaster, killing 48.[3]
- 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.[4]
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.[5]
November events - 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 {{convert|300|mi|km|adj=on}} route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky
- American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.
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, dies (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 Arkansas state rail plan 2002] (PDF). Retrieved 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 Significant dates in Canadian railway history]. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060329022640/http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company]. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society, (2005), [https://web.archive.org/web/20051001181523/http://www.mopac.org/history_stlims.asp St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (SLIMS)]. Retrieved November 7, 2005.
- 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 August 16, 2005.
1. ^Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (1970; reprinted by the Rock Island Technical Society, 1996), Yard Clerical Manual: A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224220109/http://storm.simpson.edu/~RITS/histories/RIHistory.html |date=February 24, 2006 }}. Retrieved February 5, 2006
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|author=Saxena, R. P.|title=Indian Railway History Time Line|date=2008|accessdate=December 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-date=February 29, 2012|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}
3. ^{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7t8DW4iYDMC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=norwalk+1853+wreck&source=bl&ots=Tcn4ki_A5J&sig=x3pI4lp7ZOVc3fBPspYl3MRNP6A&hl=en&ei=E7YHTMLtOoLw0gSXnMhj&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=norwalk%201853%20wreck&f=false| title=Railroad Wrecks| first=Edgar A.| last=Haine| year=1994| page=34| chapter=The first of many railroad bridge disasters: South Norwalk, Conn–May 1853–56 dead| via=Google Books}}
4. ^{{cite book| title=The Grand Trunk in New England |author=Holt, Jeff |publisher=Railfare |year=1985 |isbn=0-919130-43-7 |page=47}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=March 15, 2005| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html| archivedate=March 18, 2005 | deadurl= yes}}
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