1856 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1856.
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Events
September events
- September 21 - Illinois Central Railroad connects Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, completing 700 miles (1,126 km) of track to become the longest railway in the United States.
Unknown date events
- After Thomas Rogers's death, his son, Jacob S. Rogers, reorganizes Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor as Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.
Births
February births
- February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, director of the New York Central system (d. 1938).
Deaths
November deaths
- November 1 - John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (b. 1780).
Unknown date deaths
- Thomas Rogers, American steam locomotive builder (b. 1792).
References
- Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 21 2005.
- 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.



