1850 in rail transport

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

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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 , a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road.[6]

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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, Ph.D. (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 ...
  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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