1848, 1849, 1850

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This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1849.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 October births 2.2 December births 3 Deaths

Events

Unknown date events

• The Pacific Railroad Company, later to become the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered.

Births

October births

• October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway, builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors (d. 1923).

December births

• December 12 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1920).

Deaths