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1844 in rail transport
1845 in rail transport
1846 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1845. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1844. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1846. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Contents

1 Events

1.1 July events
1.2 August events
1.3 Unknown date events

2 Births

3 Deaths

3.1 Unknown date deaths

4 References

Events

July events

July - James Hooper succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.

July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The Erie Railroad (AAR reporting mark ERIE) was a railroad that operated in New York State, connecting New York City with Lake Erie and several cities in upstate New York, including Binghamton, Buffalo and Dunkirk. ...

August events

August - Benjamin Loder succeeds James Hooper as president of the Erie Railroad.

August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The Erie Railroad (AAR reporting mark ERIE) was a railroad that operated in New York State, connecting New York City with Lake Erie and several cities in upstate New York, including Binghamton, Buffalo and Dunkirk. ...

Unknown date events

William Swinburne, shop foreman for Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, leaves Rogers to form his own locomotive manufacturing company, Swinburne, Smith & Company.
Walter McQueen becomes chief mechanical engineer for the Hudson River Railroad.

Chief Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British railway companies to persons in charge of building or maintaining locomotives. ...

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

William F. Harnden, founder of Harnden and Company express, first person to send an express shipment by rail (b. 1812).

1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

References

Erie Railroad presidents (http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html). Retrieved March 15, 2005.
Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: March (http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm). Retrieved March 30, 2005.
White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.

Categories: 1840s in rail transport | 1845 March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word spring has several meanings: spring (device), a common mechanical part. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

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