Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1850.

Events

January events

May events

July events

August events

September events

October events

The original box section Britannia Bridge

November events

  • November 19 – Farmers around Detroit, Michigan, burn down the Michigan Central Railroad's freight house in Detroit; the farmers were angry at the railroad's policy regarding not reimbursing them for livestock killed by trains when the stock wandered onto the tracks.[5]
  • November 20 – The first train operates on the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road.[6]

Unknown date events

Births

February births

November births

Deaths

July deaths

References

  1. University of Newcastle upon Tyne. "SINE: Structure Details". Archived from the original on March 24, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  2. Brownson, Howard Gray, PhD (1967) [1915]. History of the Illinois Central Railroad to 1870 (first reprint ed.). University of Illinois. p. 157 via Google Books. The first land grant ever given by Congress to assist in the construction of a railroad ...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Sanborn, John Bell (1897). Railroad Land Grants 1850-1857; a Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Master of Letters in History and Economics. University of Wisconsin. p. 59 via Google Books. The Illinois Central ... law was approved Sept. 20, 1850 ...
  4. Baughan, Peter E. (1972). The Chester & Holyhead Railway, vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5617-8.
  5. "Irate farmers burn freight house in 1850". Detroit Free Press. November 14, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  6. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history – November". Retrieved November 20, 2005.
  7. Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.]: Northern Pacific, 1934, p. 17.
  8. Railway Age, September 29, 1934, p. 390.
  9. Howson, Elmer T.; D. A. Steel; J. B. Tebo, eds. (1922). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America (1922 ed.). New York: Simmons-Boardman. p. 267.
  10. "Timothy Hackworth". September 22, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
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