Events 1850 in rail transport




1 events

1.1 january events
1.2 may events
1.3 july events
1.4 august events
1.5 october events
1.6 november events
1.7 unknown date events





events
january events

january – maine central railroad predecessor androscoggin , kennebec railroad completed between auburn, maine , waterville, maine.

may events

may 13 – mecklenburgische eisenbahngesellschaft opens rostock-bützow-bad kleinen , güstrow-bützow railway lines in northern germany.

july events

july 1 – joseph hamilton beattie succeeds john viret gooch locomotive engineer london , south western railway.
july 4 - chile : first section of copiapó-caldera railway line - first 1 in south america - between caldera , monte amargo inaugurated on july 4 of 1850 in honour of nationality of william wheelwright, american business man responsible project.

august events

august 29 – robert stephenson s royal border bridge york, newcastle , berwick railway @ berwick-upon-tweed, england opened queen victoria.


the original box section britannia bridge


october events

october 19 – robert stephenson s britannia bridge, completing chester , holyhead railway on menai strait in north wales, opened.

november events

november 19 – farmers around detroit, michigan, burn down michigan central railroad s freight house in detroit; farmers angry @ railroad s policy regarding not reimbursing them livestock killed trains when stock wandered onto tracks.
november 20 – first train operates on milwaukee, st. paul , pacific railroad, predecessor of milwaukee road.

unknown date events

the richmond , danville railroad begins operation in virginia.
construction begins on first transcontinental railroad completed, panama railway.




^ university of newcastle upon tyne. sine: structure details . 
^ baughan, peter e. (1972). chester & holyhead railway, vol. 1. newton abbot: david & charles. isbn 0-7153-5617-8. 
^ irate farmers burn freight house in 1850 . detroit free press. november 14, 2010. retrieved november 14, 2010. 
^ rivanna chapter, national railway historical society (2005). month in railroad history – november . retrieved november 20, 2005. 






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