This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1806. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Years in rail transport include: 1800 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805. ... This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1807. ... A railway yard in Portland, Oregon. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

Births

April births

• April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of Great Western Railway, is born (d. 1859).

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

December births

• December 19 - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, designer of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Thomas Viaduct (still in use today), is born (d. 1878).

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II (December 19, 1806 – October 19, 1878) was an American civil engineer, best known for his railway bridges. ... 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... Thomas Viaduct, 1970 The Thomas Viaduct, originally nicknamed Latrobes Folly, spans the Patapsco River between Relay and Elkridge, Maryland. ...

Deaths

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