1865, 1866, 1867

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1866.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 July events 1.2 August events 1.3 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 January births 3 Deaths 3.1 September deaths 3.2 Unknown date deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] July events

• July 27 - The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.

[edit] August events

• August 11 - The Kansas Pacific Railroad tracks reach Manhattan, Kansas, where westward progress stalls while a bridge is built across the Big Blue River.
• August 28 - The Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad, in Illinois, is incorporated.
• August 29 - The first demonstration runs are held on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, in New Hampshire, as Peppersass, the road's first steam locomotive, hauls a platform of passengers up a 0.1 mile (161 m) section of track.

[edit] Unknown date events

• The John Bull, eventually to become the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, is retired from active service on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
• The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the Piedmont Railroad.
• Franklin B. Gowen becomes president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
• Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Junction City, Kansas, from Kansas City.
• After the death of Matthias W. Baldwin, Matthew Baird becomes the sole proprietor of Baldwin Locomotive Works.

[edit] Births

[edit] January births

• January 31 - William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935 (d. 1935)^[1]

[edit] Deaths

[edit] September deaths

• September 7 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works (b. 1795).

[edit] Unknown date deaths

• Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1793).

[edit] References

• Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum (2000), General Atterbury. Retrieved February 21, 2005.
• Franklin Gowen. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
• Good, Mike (December 17, 2001), Corporate History: St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
• (January 13, 2000), History of railroad passenger service in Champaign-Urbana. Retrieved August 28, 2005.
• MountWashington.com, Mount Washington Cog Railway. Retrieved August 29, 2005.
• 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. 
• New York Times, August 22, 1866.

1. ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Indiana. Retrieved December 30, 2005.