1835 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1835.
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Events
May events
- May 5 - The first railway in continental Europe is opened, covering the 23 km between Brussels and Mechelen in Belgium.
August events
- August 24 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens its line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
October events
- October - James G. King succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.
December events
- 7 December - Germany's first railroad, the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn, starts regular passenger train service over a distance of 6 km (3¾ miles) between the neighboring cities of Nuremberg and Fürth using a steam locomotive named "Adler" (Eagle)
Unknown date events
- The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
- The first steam locomotive assembled by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, the McNeil, manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company, operates on the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad.
Births
March births
- March 28 - Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1908).
April births
- April 10 - Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railroad (d. 1900).
May births
- May 27 - Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (d. 1915).
November births
- November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (d. 1919).
Unknown date births
- Fred Harvey, restaurateur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels serving passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Deaths
References
- (May 3 2005), Brief Biographies of Major Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 29 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history - August. Retrieved August 23 2005.
- Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21 2005.
- Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.
- White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.



