1851 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1851.
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Events
February events
- February 7 - the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 25 - 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 - The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, in New York state, is chartered.
June events
- June - The first "refrigerated boxcar" enters service on the Northern Railroad of New York.
July events
- July 4 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad
December events
- December 22 - The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee.
Unknown date events
- The oldest line to become a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway begins construction between Houston, Texas, and Alleyton, Texas.
- The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad changes its name to the Mohawk Valley Railroad.
Births
June births
- June 24 - Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central 1887–1907 (d. 1923).
