• Source: 1858 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1858.




Events






= April events

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April 13 – The Virginia Central Railroad begins operations through the Blue Ridge Tunnel at Rockfish Gap, Virginia.




= May events

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May – First known slip coach working, at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
May 3 – While under lease to Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Somerset Central Railway is extended to Burnham-on-Sea.
May 31 - Carl Abraham Pihl presents the results of his investigation of the area along the river Drammenselva which concludes that the terrain between Drammen and Randsfjorden, in Norway, is favorable for a rail line.




= July events

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June 17 – The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro to New Bern, North Carolina.




= August events

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August 23 – The Round Oak rail accident in England kills 14.




= October events

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October 30 – The Oriental Railway Company opens the first section of railway in the Ottoman Empire, from İzmir to Seydiköy.




= September events

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John Ramsbottom (engineer) on the London and North Western Railway introduces the first Class DX 0-6-0 goods locomotives. There will be 943 engines built to this design, the largest steam locomotive class in the British Isles.




= December events

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December 15 – Wien Westbahnhof railway station, the terminal of the Western Railway (Austria) in Vienna, opens.




= Unknown date events

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John W. Garrett becomes president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.




Births






= February births

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February 18 – Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924).




= April births

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April 23 - Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901–1903, D&H 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918–1920.




= December births

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December 20 – David Blyth Hanna, first president of Canadian National Railway (d. 1938).




Deaths






= July deaths

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July 31 – Edward Pease, first promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (b. 1767).




= November deaths

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November 25 – Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1794).




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