1849 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1849.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February events 1.2 March events 1.3 August events 2 Births 2.1 October births 2.2 December births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] February events

• February 20 - The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster.^[1]

[edit] March events

• March 3 - The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri.^[2]
• March 24 - The Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad, which eventually became the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway after a foreclosure sale, is chartered in Pennsylvania.^[3]
• March - The governments of India and England form the first agreements of the Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India.^[4]

[edit] August events

• August 17 - The Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India is finalized.

[edit] Births

[edit] October births

• October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (d. 1923).

[edit] December births

• December 12 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1920).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
2. ^ 100 Years of Service (1960). Retrieved on 2006-04-20.
3. ^ 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 March 24, 2006.
4. ^ Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Early Days - I. Retrieved August 16, 2005.