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1859 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1859.

Events

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February events

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March events

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  • March 3 — Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.[4]
The Royal Albert Bridge, Brunel’s last work

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June events

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August events

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September events

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October events

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December events

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Unknown date events

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Births

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January births

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April births

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July births

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November births

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December births

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Deaths

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September deaths

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October deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Baker Library Historical Collections. "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879–1896". Archived from the original on 2005-04-10. Retrieved 2005-05-10.
  2. ^ "The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe". The Cosmopolitan. February 1893. Archived from the original on 14 April 2005. Retrieved 2005-05-10.
  3. ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally.
  4. ^ Northern Railway of India. "History Of Northern Railway". Archived from the original on 2 February 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-03.
  5. ^ Binding, John (1997). Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-39-8.
  6. ^ Woodfin, R. J. (1972). The Cornwall Railway. Truro: Bradford Barton.
  7. ^ "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-15.
  8. ^ Berntsen, Ulf; Lund, Thure; Lunner, Dagfinn (1997). På sporet med Krøderkippen (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club / Krøderen Line Foundation. p. 26. ISBN 82-90286-20-1.
  9. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2005
  10. ^ Pryce, Irwin; McAllister, Leslie (2006). Steaming in Three Centuries: the story of the 101 Class locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway. Camberley: Irish Railway Record Society, London Area. ISBN 0-902564-08-0.
  11. ^ "Darius Miller Dead" (PDF). New York Times. August 24, 1914. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  12. ^ "The Curse of King Tut". Gravely Speaking. January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  13. ^ "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. Retrieved 2005-08-15.
  14. ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
  15. ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1957). Isambard Kingdom Brunel: a biography. London: Longmans.
  16. ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). George and Robert Stephenson. London: Longmans.