1853 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1853.
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Events
January events
- January - The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, the first railroad built in Arkansas is chartered.
April events
- April 2 - The New York Central railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in the New York area.
- April 16 - The first passenger train in India is inaugurated between Bori Bunder, Bombay, and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles).
July events
- July 8 - The Northern Indiana Railroad is formed through the merger of several smaller railroads in Indiana and Ohio.
August events
- August 19 - The Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad, a predecessor of the Wabash Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana.
September events
- September 20 - Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens.
October events
- October - Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder as president of the Erie Railroad.
December events
- December 17 - The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, is incorporated.
Unknown date events
- The Monon Railroad opens its 300 mile (482 km) route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky
- American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.
- Indianapolis' Union Station, the first "union station" in the world, is opened by the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, and Bellefontaine Railroad.
Births
October births
- October 6 - Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899-1918 (d. 1923).
Deaths
August deaths
- August - George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (b. 1801).
References
- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), Arkansas state rail plan 2002 (PDF). Retrieved February 11 2005.
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15 2005.
- History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved July 7 2005.
- Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, History of the railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16 2005.
