1851 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1851.
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Events
February events
- February 4 – The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.<ref>Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 4, 2006.</ref>
- February 7 – The Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
- February 10 – The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered.<ref>Steamtown National Historic Site, Illinois Central Railroad number 790 Template:Webarchive. Retrieved February 10, 2006.</ref>
- February 25 – The first passenger train on the Milwaukee Road operates over what is then known as the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
April events
- April 19 – The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, in New York state, is chartered.
May events
- May 17 – Opening of first railway in Peru, linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima (Template:Convert of standard gauge), later part of the Ferrocarril del Centro.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June events
- June – The first "refrigerated boxcar" enters service on the Northern Railroad (New York).
July events
- July 4 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific Railroad Company, a railroad later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad
August events
- August 2 – The Staten Island Railway is incorporated.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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November events
- November 1 – Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway officially opened in Russia.
December events
- December 22 – The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee.
- December 25 – Opening of first railway in Chile, from Caldera to Copiapó (Template:Convert of standard gauge climbing (Template:Convert).<ref>Template:Marshall-GuinnessRail</ref>Template:Page needed
Unknown date events
- The oldest line to become a part of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway begins construction between Houston, Texas, and Alleyton, Texas.
- The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad changes its name to the Mohawk Valley Railroad.
Births
March births
- March 1 – Edward Ponsonby, director for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway beginning in 1895 and chairman of same 1908–1920 (died 1920).
June births
- June 24 – Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Railroad 1887–1907 (died 1923).
September births
- September 16 – Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 1896–1911 (died 1923).
October births
- October 5 – Frank W. Arnold, a Grand Master and Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, is born (died 1917).<ref name=Death>Template:Cite magazine</ref>