1854 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1854.
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Events
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February events
- February 15 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, opens for railroad traffic.
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June events
- June - The Grand Excursion takes prominent Eastern United States inhabitants from Chicago, Illinois to Rock Island, Illinois by railroad, then up the Mississippi River to St. Paul, Minnesota by steamboat.
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July events
- July 3 - The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, opens for passenger service.
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October events
- October 20 - Kingtson Locomotive Works, the predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, completes construction of its first steam locomotive.
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Unknown date events
- Aretas Blood purchases the steam locomotive manufacturing business of Amoskeag Locomotive Works and folds it into Manchester Locomotive Works.
- Henry Farnam becomes president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
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Births
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January births
- January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (d. 1932).
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Deaths
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February deaths
- February 19 - Whitmell P. Tunstall, first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad (b. 1810)
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References
- Virtual American Biographies - Henry Farnam (http://www.famousamericans.net/henryfarnam/). Retrieved March 1 2005.
