1849 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1849.
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Events
March events
- March - The governments of India and England form the first agreements of the Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India.
August events
- August 17 - The Old Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India is finalized.
Unknown date events
- The Pacific Railroad Company, later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered.
Births
October births
- October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (d. 1923).
December births
- December 12 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1920).
Deaths
References
- Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Early Days - I. Retrieved August 16 2005.
