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Steam locomotives of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards, 1942. The Timeline of U.S. Railway History depends upon the definition of a railway, as follows: A means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
Railroad land grants in the United States; Railroad brotherhoods. List of American railway unions; Great Railroad Strike of 1877; Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886; Great Railroad Strike of 1922; 1992 United States railroad strike; Railroads in New England; Timeline of United States railway history; Track gauge in the United States
1830 – The first public railway in the United States, the B&O, opened with 23 miles of track, with mostly hardwood rail topped with iron. The steam locomotive, Tom Thumb, was designed and built by Peter Cooper for the B&O, the first American-built steam locomotive. Trials of the locomotive began on the B&O that year.
History of rail transportation in California; John S. Casement; Central Pacific Railroad; List of Union Pacific Railroad civil engineers 1863 to 1869; History of railroads in Colorado; Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho) Confederate railroads in the American Civil War; Credit Foncier of America; Crédit Mobilier scandal
November 1 – Gasconade Bridge train disaster, St Louis, Missouri, United States: With more than 600 passengers aboard the Pacific Railroad excursion train celebrating the railway line's opening, outside St. Louis, Missouri the bridge collapsed and the locomotive plus 12 of the 13 attached cars plunged into the Gasconade River. Over 30 people ...
The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...
Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history – August. Retrieved August 23, 2005. White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9– 15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797. White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive ...
February 12 – The Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway merge to form the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway. February 17 – Manningham station opens on the Midland Railway north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. February 18 – The Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad is incorporated in ...