1856 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1856.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 September events 1.2 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 February births 3 Deaths 3.1 November deaths 3.2 Unknown date deaths 4 References

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.