1859 in rail transport

Events

February events

March events

  • March 3 — Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.[4]
The Royal Albert Bridge, Brunel’s last work

May events

June events

August events

September events

October events

December events

Unknown date events

  • Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España of Spain introduces its standard 0-6-0 goods locomotives, almost all of which will be in service for more than a century.[10]

Births

January births

April births

July births

November births

December births

Deaths

September deaths

October deaths

References

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  2. "The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe". The Cosmopolitan. February 1893. Archived from the original on 14 April 2005. Retrieved 2005-05-10.
  3. Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally.
  4. Northern Railway of India. "History Of Northern Railway". Archived from the original on 2 February 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-03.
  5. Binding, John (1997). Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-39-8.
  6. Woodfin, R. J. (1972). The Cornwall Railway. Truro: Bradford Barton.
  7. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-15.
  8. Berntsen, Ulf; Lund, Thure; Lunner, Dagfinn (1997). På sporet med Krøderkippen (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club / Krøderen Line Foundation. p. 26. ISBN 82-90286-20-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  9. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2005
  10. Pryce, Irwin; McAllister, Leslie (2006). Steaming in Three Centuries: the story of the 101 Class locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway. Camberley: Irish Railway Record Society, London Area. ISBN 0-902564-08-0.
  11. "Darius Miller Dead" (PDF). New York Times. August 24, 1914. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  12. "The Curse of King Tut". Gravely Speaking. January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  13. "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. Retrieved 2005-08-15.
  14. Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
  15. Rolt, L. T. C. (1957). Isambard Kingdom Brunel: a biography. London: Longmans.
  16. Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). George and Robert Stephenson. London: Longmans.
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