1853 In Rail Transport

Events

January events

• January - The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, the first railroad built in Arkansas is chartered.

April events

• April 2 - The New York Central railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in the New York area.

October events

• October - Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder as president of the Erie Railroad.

Unknown date events

• The Monon railroad opens its 300-mile route between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky
• American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.
• Indianapolis' Union Station, the first "union station" in the world, is opened by the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, and Bellefontaine Railroad.

Births

Deaths

August deaths

• August - George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (b. 1801).

References

• Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), Arkansas state rail plan 2002 (PDF). Retrieved February 11 2005.

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