1867 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1867.
Contents
Events
February events
- February 16 - The São Paulo Railway in Brazil is opened, including an incline system on the Serra do Mar.[1]
May events
- May 7 - The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.[2]
June events
- June 29 - The Warrington rail crash in England kills 8 people.
August events
- August 21 - The rack railway at Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.[3]
- August 24 - Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.[4]
- August 27 - J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.[5]
September events
- September 4 - The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.
October events
- October - John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell as president of the Erie Railroad.[6]
December events
- December 1 - Skjærdalen and Tyristrand are connected on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway.
- December 9 - The Lyttelton rail tunnel in New Zealand of 2595m between Christchurch and the port of Lyttelton is opened.
- December 18 - The 'Angola Horror' train wreck kills 49 people near Angola, New York when the last coach of a Lake Shore train derails and plunges down a gulley.
Unknown date events
- Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires control of the New York Central railroad.
- The Lehigh Valley Railroad places the first 2-10-0 steam locomotives in the world into use.
- Construction on the Union Pacific Railroad reaches Cheyenne, Wyoming.[7]
- An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.[8]
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas.
Births
Unknown date births
- Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (d. 1939).[9]
Deaths
January deaths
- January 5 - William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802).
February deaths
- February 7 - William Dargan, Irish railway contractor (b. 1799).[10]
June deaths
- June 13 - Gridley Bryant, inventor of many basic railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789).
References
- American locomotive engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
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