1858 in rail transport

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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]

December events

• December 15 – Wien Westbahnhof railway station, the terminal of the Western Railway (Austria) in Vienna, opens.

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 25 – 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. 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. 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. Retrieved 2005-02-09.