1867 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1867.

Years in rail transport

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Events

February events

• February 16 – The São Paulo Railway in Brazil is opened, including an incline system on the Serra do Mar.[1]

April events

• April 18 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Portishead branch, built by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company, opens.

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 10 – The first railway in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) (and the first in Asia outside the Indian subcontinent) opens between Semarang and Tanggun in central Java (25 kilometres (16 mi).[3]
• August 21 – The rack railway at Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.[4]
• August 24 – Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.[5]
• August 27 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.[6]

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.[7]

November events

• November 19 – The Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company incorporated.

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.[8]
• An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.[9]
• 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).[10]

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).[11]

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.
• White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797.

1. "A Gateway to Brazil". Mike's Railway History. May 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
2. Smith, Ivan (1998). "Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850– 1899)". The Railways of Canada Archives. Archived from the original on 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
3. "142 Tahun Stasiun Ambarawa – Wisata Sejarah Kereta Api Indonesia". heritage.kereta-api.co.id, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (in Indonesian). Kompas. 2015-05-23. p. 12.
4. "The Mount Morgan Railway". Shire of Mount Morgan. Archived from the original on 2005-06-24. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
5. Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
6. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved 2006-08-25.
7. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
8. "The Colorado Central Railroad". Utah Rails.Net. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
9. Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 283. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.
10. "Carl R. Gray". 20th Century American Leaders. President and Fellows of Harvard College. 2004. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
11. Irish Railway Collection. Holywood: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. 1993. ISBN 0-902588-50-8.