1858 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1858.

Events

April events

• April 13 - The Virginia Central Railroad begins operations through the Blue Ridge Tunnel at Rockfish Gap, Virginia.^[1]

May events

• May - First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.^[2]
• May 3 – While under lease to Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Somerset Central Railway is extended to Burnham-on-Sea.
• May 31 - Carl Abraham Pihl presents the results of his investigation of the area along the river Drammenselva which concludes that the terrain between Drammen and Randsfjorden, in Norway, is favorable for a rail line.

July events

• June 17 - The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro to New Bern, North Carolina.^[3]

August events

• August 23 - The Round Oak rail accident in England kills 14.

October events

• October 30 - The Oriental Railway Company opens the first section of railway in the Ottoman Empire, from İzmir to Seydiköy.

September events

• John Ramsbottom (engineer) on the London and North Western Railway introduces the first Class DX 0-6-0 goods locomotives. There will be 943 engines built to this design, the largest steam locomotive class in the British Isles.^[4]

Unknown date events

• John W. Garrett becomes president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.^[5][6]

Births

February births

• February 18 - Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924).^[7]

April births

• April 23 - Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1903, D&H 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920.^[8]

December births

• December 20 - David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (d. 1938).

Deaths

July deaths

• July 31 - Edward Pease, first promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (b. 1767).

November deaths

• November 11 - Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1794).^[7][9]

References

1. ↑ Virginia Central Railroad Company. Annual Report of the Virginia Central Railroad Company to the Stockholders 1853-1859. H.K. Ellyson, 1853.
2. ↑ Fryer, C.E.J. (1997). A History of Slipping and Slip Carriages. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-514-9. 
3. ↑ "Railroads — prior to the Civil War". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
4. ↑ "DX Goods". London and North Western Railway Society. 2003. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
5. ↑ "Biography of John Work Garrett". Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-02. 
6. ↑ Garrett State Bank. "About Us". Archived from the original on 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2005-03-02. 
7. 1 2 Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9. 
8. ↑ Kansas City Southern Historical Society. "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. Retrieved 2005-08-15. 
9. ↑ "Edward Bury". 2004-10-30. Archived from the original on 11 February 2005. Retrieved 2005-02-09.