1863 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1863.

Events

January events

• January 8 - Ground is broken by the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, California, on the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.
• January 10 - The first section of the London Underground Railway opens (Paddington to Farringdon Street).

Births

Deaths

November deaths

• November 2 - Theodore Judah, American engineer who argued the case for construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad (b. 1826).