1858 in rail transport
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Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1858.
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Events
April events
- April 13 – The Virginia Central Railroad begins operations through the Blue Ridge Tunnel at Rockfish Gap, Virginia.<ref name="VC">Virginia Central Railroad Company. Annual Report of the Virginia Central Railroad Company to the Stockholders 1853–1859. H.K. Ellyson, 1853.</ref>
May events
- May – First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 3 – While under lease to Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Somerset Central Railway is extended to Burnham-on-Sea.
- May 31 - Carl Abraham Pihl presents the results of his investigation of the area along the river Drammenselva which concludes that the terrain between Drammen and Randsfjorden, in Norway, is favorable for a rail line.
July events
- June 17 – The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro to New Bern, North Carolina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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August events
- August 23 – The Round Oak rail accident in England kills 14.
October events
- October 30 – The Oriental Railway Company opens the first section of railway in the Ottoman Empire, from İzmir to Seydiköy.
September events
- John Ramsbottom (engineer) on the London and North Western Railway introduces the first Class DX 0-6-0 goods locomotives. There will be 943 engines built to this design, the largest steam locomotive class in the British Isles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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December events
- December 15 – Wien Westbahnhof railway station, the terminal of the Western Railway (Austria) in Vienna, opens.
Unknown date events
- John W. Garrett becomes president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Births
February births
- February 18 – Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924).<ref name=BDRE>Template:Cite book</ref>
April births
- April 23 - Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901–1903, D&H 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918–1920.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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December births
- December 20 – David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (d. 1938).
Deaths
July deaths
- July 31 – Edward Pease, first promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (b. 1767).
November deaths
- November 25 – Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1794).<ref name=BDRE/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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