This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1811. 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (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 1810. ... This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1812. ... Trains can travel at very high speed, are heavy, are unable to deviate from the track and require a great distance to stop. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

Births

August births

• August - Ginery Twichell, president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad beginning in 1857, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1870–1873 (d. 1883). (note, Congress Bioguide lists August 26, while Waters lists August 22)

Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Ginery Twichell (August 1811 – July 23, 1883) was president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in the 1860s, the Republican Representative for Massachusetts for three consecutive terms and the sixth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ... The Boston and Albany Railroad (AAR reporting mark BA) was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ...

Deaths

References

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Ginery Twichell. Retrieved July 15, 2005.
• Waters, Lawrence L. (1950) Steel Trails to Santa Fe, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. p 43-44.