1851 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1851.
Events
February events
- February 4 â The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.[1]
- February 7 â The Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 10 â The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered.[2]
- February 25 â The first passenger train on the Milwaukee Road operates over what is then known as the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
April events
- April 19 â The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, in New York state, is chartered.
May events
- May 17 â Opening of first railway in Peru, linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima (13.7 km (8.5 mi) of standard gauge), later part of the Ferrocarril del Centro.[3]
June events
- June â The first "refrigerated boxcar" enters service on the Northern Railroad (New York).
July events
- July 4 â Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad
August events
- August 2 â The Staten Island Railway is incorporated.[4][5]
November events
- November 1 â Saint PetersburgâMoscow Railway officially opened in Russia.
December events
- December 22 â The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee.
- December 25 â Opening of first railway in Chile, from Caldera to Copiapó (80.5 km (50.0 mi) of standard gauge climbing (396 m (1,299 ft)).[6][page needed]
Unknown date events
- The oldest line to become a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway begins construction between Houston, Texas, and Alleyton, Texas.
- The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad changes its name to the Mohawk Valley Railroad.
Births
March births
- March 1 â Edward Ponsonby, director for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway beginning in 1895 and chairman of same 1908â1920 (died 1920).
June births
- June 24 â Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Railroad 1887â1907 (died 1923).
September births
- September 16 â Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 1896â1911 (died 1923).
October births
- October 5 â Frank W. Arnold, a Grand Master and Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, is born (died 1917).[7]