1835 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1835.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 May events 1.2 July events 1.3 August events 1.4 October events 1.5 December events 1.6 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 March births 2.2 April births 2.3 May births 2.4 June births 2.5 November births 3 Deaths 4 References

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[edit] May events

• May 5 - The first railway in continental Europe is opened, covering the 23 km between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium.

[edit] July events

• July 4 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Thomas Viaduct, the first multiple arch stone masonry railroad bridge in the United States, is officially completed. It was also the longest bridge of any kind in the nation, and second longest in the world, next to London Bridge.

[edit] August events

• August 25 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens its line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC.^[1]

[edit] October events

• October - James G. King succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.

[edit] December events

• 7 December - Germany's first railroad, the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn, starts regular passenger train service over a distance of 6 km (3¾ miles) between the neighboring cities of Nuremberg and Fürth using a steam locomotive named "Adler" (Eagle)

[edit] Unknown date events

• The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
• The first steam locomotive assembled by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, the McNeil, manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company, operates on the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad.
• The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in North Carolina is chartered.

[edit] Births

[edit] March births

• March 28 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1908).

[edit] April births

• April 10 - Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railroad (d. 1900).

[edit] May births

• May 27 - Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (d. 1915).

[edit] June births

• June 27 - Fred Harvey, restaurateur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels serving passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (d. 1901).

[edit] November births

• November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (d. 1919).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• (May 3, 2005), Brief Biographies of Major Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 29, 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history - August. Retrieved August 23, 2005.
• Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21, 2005.
• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
• White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.

1. ^ Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.