1861 in rail transport
1860
,
1861
,
1862
Years in rail transport
1860 in rail transport
1861 in rail transport
1862 in rail transport
This article lists events related to
rail transport
that occurred in
1861
.
Contents
1
Events
1.1
February events
1.2
April events
1.3
May events
1.4
June events
1.5
Unknown date events
2
Births
2.1
January births
2.2
April births
2.3
November births
3
Deaths
4
References
Events
February events
February 22
- Passenger service begins on
Strasburg Rail Road
with a visit from
Abraham Lincoln
.
April events
April -
Nathaniel Marsh
succeeds
Samuel Marsh
as president of the
Erie Railroad
.
1
May events
May 13
- Line opened between
Karachi
and
Kochi
(169 km (105 mi)) on 5ft 6in (1676 mm)
gauge
, the first railway in present-day
Pakistan
.
2
May 24
- The
Great Train Raid of 1861
is conducted by
Stonewall Jackson
.
June events
June 16
- Battle of
Vienna, Virginia
, is the first time in history a railroad was used tactically in battle.
Unknown date events
Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company
in
Berwick, Pennsylvania
, later to become part of
American Car and Foundry
, begins manufacturing railroad infrastructure parts.
Births
January births
January 28
-
Daniel Willard
, president of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1910
-
1941
(d.
1942
).
April births
April 26
-
Zhan Tianyou
, Chief Engineer responsible for construction of the
Imperial Peking-Kalgan Railway
, the first railway constructed in
China
without foreign assistance (d.
1919
).
November births
November 2
-
Oliver Robert Hawke Bury
,
Chief mechanical engineer
and manager of
Great Western Railway of Brazil
1892
–
1894
, general manager of the
Great Northern Railway
in
England
1902
–
1912
, Director of the
London and North Eastern Railway
1912
–
1945
(d.
1946
).
Deaths
References
(
January 16
,
2005
),
Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers
. Retrieved
February 10
,
2005
.
^
"
Erie Railroad presidents
". Retrieved on 2005-03-15.
^
Marshall, John (1989).
The Guinness Railway Book
. Enfield: Guinness.
ISBN 0-85112-359-7
.