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1865 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1865.

Events

April - The funeral train for Abraham Lincoln travels from Washington, DC to Illinois.

June 9 - Rail accident at Staplehurst, United Kingdom: 10 killed, 49 injured; Charles Dickens is amongst the survivors.

September 1 - The English company John Trevor-Barkley begins construction on the Bucharest-Giurgiu line, the first railroad line built in the territory of Romania.
September 13 - Algernon S. Buford becomes president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad.
September 14 - The Brockville and Ottawa Railway begins operations between Arnprior and Sand Point, Ontario, a distance of about 6 miles (10 km).^[6]

October 2 - First section of Sri Lanka Railway, then known as Ceylon Government Railways, officially opens from Colombo to Ambepussa (54 km (34 mi)) on 5ft 6in (1676 mm) gauge.^[7]

The Union Pacific Railway, later to become the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and not to be confused with the Union Pacific Railroad, begins operations.
A group of businessmen in San Francisco, California, led by Timothy Guy Phelps, found the Southern Pacific Railroad to build a rail connection between San Francisco and San Diego, California.
Erastus Corning resigns from his executive post for the New York Central.
The Canadian Engine and Machinery Company, predecessor of the Canadian Locomotive Company, is founded from the assets of the bankrupt Kingston Locomotive Works.
Missouri Car and Foundry Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in St. Louis, Missouri.

^ Johnson, Peter (2007). An Illustrated History of the Festiniog Railway 1832-1954. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-603-9.
^ Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
^ "Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company". Mid-Continent Railway Museum (2006-04-11). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
^ Barnett, Leroy "Making America's First Steel in Wyandotte", Michigan History, Vol. 88 No. 4 July/August 2004
^ Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 7, 2005.
^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
^ Lane, Harold Francis, editor (1913). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1913 Edition. Simmons-Boardman, New York, p 588.