1853 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1853.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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, and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles).
[edit] May events
- 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.
[edit] July events
- July 8 - The Northern Indiana Railroad is formed through the merger of several smaller railroads in Indiana and Ohio.
[edit] 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.
[edit] September events
- September 20 - Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens.
[edit] October events
- October - Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder as president of the Erie Railroad.
[edit] 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.
[edit] December events
- December 17 - The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, is incorporated.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Monon Railroad opens its 300 mile (482 km) route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky
- American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.
[edit] Births
[edit] 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).
[edit] October births
- October 6 - Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899-1918 (d. 1923).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] August deaths
- August - George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (b. 1801).
[edit] References
- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), Arkansas state rail plan 2002 (PDF). Retrieved September 19, 2006.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- Missouri Pacific Historical Society, (2005), 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.
- ^ 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. Retrieved February 5, 2006
