This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1865. [edit] Events [edit] January events [edit] February events [edit] March events [edit] April events [edit] May events [edit] June events [edit] August events [edit] September events [edit] October events [edit] Unknown date events - The Union Pacific Railway, later to become the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and not to be confused with the Union Pacific Railroad, begins operations.
- A group of businessmen in San Francisco, California, led by Timothy Guy Phelps, found the Southern Pacific Railroad to build a rail connection between San Francisco and San Diego, California.
- Erastus Corning resigns from his executive post for the New York Central.
- The Canadian Engine and Machinery Company, predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, is founded from the assets of the bankrupt Kingston Locomotive Works.
- Missouri Car and Foundry Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in St. Louis, Missouri.
[edit] Births [edit] March births [edit] October births [edit] Deaths [edit] Unknown date deaths [edit] References - ^ Johnson, Peter (2007). An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway 1832-1954. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-603-9.
- ^ Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
- ^ "Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. 2006-04-11. http://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/jacksonwoodin.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Barnett, Leroy "Making America's First Steel in Wyandotte", Michigan History, Vol. 88 No. 4 July/August 2004
- ^ 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 7, 2005.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Lane, Harold Francis, editor (1913). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1913 Edition. Simmons-Boardman, New York. p. 588.
[edit] Further reading - White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's most noteworthy railroaders". Railroad History 154: pp. 9-15. OCLC 1785797. ISSN 0090-7847.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
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