1867 in rail transport
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Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1867.
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Events
February events
- February 16 – The São Paulo Railway in Brazil is opened, including an incline system on the Serra do Mar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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April events
- April 18 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Portishead branch, built by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company, opens.
May events
- May 7 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated in Nova Scotia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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June events
- June 29 – The Warrington rail crash in England kills 8 people.
August events
- August 10 – The first railway in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) (and the first in Asia outside the Indian subcontinent) opens between Semarang and Tanggun in central Java (Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 21 – The rack railway at Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- August 24 – Opening of railway over the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.<ref>Template:Marshall-GuinnessRail</ref>Template:Page needed
- August 27 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.<ref name="Rivanna: August">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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September events
- September 4 – The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.
October events
- October – John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell as president of the Erie Railroad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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November events
- November 19 – The Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company incorporated.
December events
- December 1 – Skjærdalen and Tyristrand are connected on the Randsfjorden Line in Norway.
- December 9 – The Lyttelton rail tunnel in New Zealand of 2595m between Christchurch and the port of Lyttelton is opened.
- December 18 – The 'Angola Horror' train wreck kills 49 people near Angola, New York when the last coach of a Lake Shore train derails and plunges down a gulley.
Unknown date events
- Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires control of the New York Central railroad.
- The Lehigh Valley Railroad places the first 2-10-0 steam locomotives in the world into use.
- Construction on the Union Pacific Railroad reaches Cheyenne, Wyoming.<ref name=UtahRailsColoradoCentral>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- An early form of dome car is introduced in Russia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas.
Births
Unknown date births
- Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920–1937 (d. 1939).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Deaths
January deaths
- January 5 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802).
February deaths
- February 7 – William Dargan, Irish railway contractor (b. 1799).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June deaths
- June 13 - Gridley Bryant, inventor of many basic railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789).
References
- American locomotive engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Template:White - America's most noteworthy railroaders