1836 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1836.

Events

January events

• January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.

February events

• February 5 - Henry R. Campbell of the Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad patents the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.^[1]
• February 8 - London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England.^[2]

March events

• March - The Syracuse and Utica Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York.

April events

• April - The first railroad car ferry in the U.S., the Susquehanna enters service on the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland.^[3]

May events

• May 5 - The Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York.

July events

• July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded U.S. Patent 1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.^[4]
• July 21 - The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America.

August events

• August 1 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.

September events

• September 5 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.

October events

• The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, an early predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, begins construction.^[5]
• October 25 - Construction begins on the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in North Carolina. Due to a lack of support in Raleigh, the route is revised to run from Wilmington to the Petersburg Railroad in Weldon.^[6]

December events

• December 14 - The London and Greenwich Railway opens throughout from London Bridge to Deptford.^[7]

Unknown date events

• The Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company operates the first steam railroad in Maine with two 2-2-0 locomotives manufactured in England.

Births

January births

• January 2 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (d. 1916).^[8][9]

February births

• February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (d. 1889).

March births

• March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie, who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900).

May births

• May 21 - Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (d. 1906).^[10]
• May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892).

September births

• September 17 - William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909).

Deaths

January deaths

• January 7 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (b. 1763).

References

• Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June 2004), PRR Chronology, 1836 (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2005.
• White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9-15.

1. ↑ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X. 
2. ↑ Thomas, R. H. G. (1972). London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0468-X. 
3. ↑ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552. 
4. ↑ 9,957 unnumbered patents have been filed previously.
5. ↑ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway directory. 1882. pg. 17
6. ↑ "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)". North Carolina Business History. CommunicationSolutions/ISI. 2006. Retrieved 2012-04-05. 
7. ↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 260–261. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. 
8. ↑ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X. 
9. ↑ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Archived from the original on 2006-08-27. Retrieved 2006-07-09. 
10. ↑ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.