1835 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1835.

Events

December events

• 7 December - the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn starts the first regular passenger service between Nuremberg and Fürth using a steam locomotive

Unknown date events

• The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
• The first steam locomotive assembled by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, the McNeil, manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company, operates on the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad.

Births

April births

• April 10 - Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railroad (d. 1900).

November births

• November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (d. 1919).

Unknown date births

• Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1908).
• Fred Harvey, restaurateur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels serving passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Deaths

References

• 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.