1848 in rail transport

Template:Short description Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1848.

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Events

February events

• February 15 – The Caledonian Railway is opened to the public throughout between Edinburgh and Carstairs in Scotland and Carlisle in England, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• February 18 – The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.<ref name=OhioRailwayReport>Template:Cite book</ref>

March events

• March – The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway completes its Ballochmyle Viaduct, designed by John Miller. The main arch of Template:Convert span, carrying the rails Template:Convert above the River Ayr, is the world's longest masonry span. This section of line is opened to traffic on 9 August.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

April events

• April 3 – The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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May events

• May 1 – Opening for Chester and Holyhead Railway traffic of the first tube of Robert Stephenson's Conwy Railway Bridge in north Wales.<ref name=Baughan>Template:Cite book</ref>
• May 12 – Waterford and Kilkenny Railway in Ireland opens between Kilkenny and Thomastown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• May 22 – The Scottish Central Railway opens to Perth railway station, Scotland, including the Template:Convert Moncrieff Tunnel on the southern approach to Perth.

June events

• June 12 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway's Tiverton branch line opens.

July events

• July – Henschel & Son turn out the first locomotive from their works in Kassel.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• July 11 – London Waterloo station opens.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">Template:Cite book</ref>
• July 20 – Grand Trunk Railway predecessor Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad opens.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

September events

• September 10 – Use of the atmospheric system on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon Railway (England) ceases after less than a year of operation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

October events

• October 2 – The Skipton to Colne section of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened.<ref name=binns>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 28 – The first railway in Spain, connecting Barcelona and Mataró, opens.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

November events

• November 1 – First W H Smith bookstall at a railway station opens, at Euston Station, in London.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
• November 3 – The first railway in South America opens, from Georgetown to Plaisance (Template:Convert) in British Guiana.<ref>Template:Marshall-GuinnessRail</ref>Template:Page needed

December events

• December – The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest part of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, begins operation.

Unknown date events

• Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Virginia) manager Joseph R. Anderson becomes the owner of the company.

Births

February births

• February 20 – E. H. Harriman, executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the start of the 20th century (died 1909).

April births

• April 12 – Alonzo C. Mather, founder of Mather Stock Car Company, designer of first widely recognized humane stock car (died 1941).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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September births

• September 15 – Alfred de Glehn, English-born designer of French steam locomotives (died 1936).

Deaths

August deaths

• August 12 – George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (born 1781).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>