1867 in rail transport explained

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 (25km (16miles).^[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.
• 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]

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.^[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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Gateway to Brazil. Mike's Railway History. 2013-02-19 . May 2009.
2. Web site: Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850– 1899) . The Railways of Canada Archives . 2006-05-05 . Smith . Ivan . 1998 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050301090050/http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html . 2005-03-01 .
3. News: 142 Tahun Stasiun Ambarawa – Wisata Sejarah Kereta Api Indonesia. heritage.kereta-api.co.id, PT Kereta Api Indonesia. Kompas. 12. 2015-05-23. Indonesian.
4. Web site: Shire of Mount Morgan. The Mount Morgan Railway. August 16, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050624170628/http://www.mountmorgan.com/railwayHist.html. 2005-06-24. dead.
5. Web site: Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. This Month in Railroad History: August. 2005. 2006-08-25.
6. Web site: Erie Railroad presidents. March 15, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. 18 March 2005 . dead.
7. Web site: The Colorado Central Railroad. Utah Rails.Net. 21 November 2012.
8. Book: Richardson, Matthew. The Penguin Book of Firsts. 2001. Penguin Books India. New Delhi. 0-14-302771-9. 283.
9. Web site: President and Fellows of Harvard College . 2004 . Carl R. Gray . 20th Century American Leaders . March 2, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050317181801/http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/335/ . 17 March 2005 . dead .
10. Book: Irish Railway Collection. Holywood. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. 1993. 0-902588-50-8.