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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1836.

Events

January events

• January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.

February events

• February 8 - London & Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England.¹

March events

• March - The Syracuse and Utica Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York.

April events

• April - The first railroad car ferry in the U.S., the Susquehanna enters service on the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland.²

May events

• May 5 - The Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York.

July events

• July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded U.S. Patent 1  for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.

August events

• August 1 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.

September events

• September 5 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.

Unknown date events

• The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, an early predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins construction.
• The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens in Quebec, Canada.
• Henry R. Campbell builds the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.

Births

January births

• January 2 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (d. 1916).³⁴

February births

• February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (d. 1889).⁵

March births

• March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie, who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900).

May births

• May 21 - Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (d. 1906).⁶
• May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892).

September births

• September 17 - William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909).

Deaths

January deaths

• January 7 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (b. 1763).

References

• Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June 2004), PRR Chronology, 1836 (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2005.
• White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9-15.

1. ^ Thomas, R. H. G. (1972). London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0468-X. 
2. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7. 
3. ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Omni Publications, pp 18-24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X. 
4. ^ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Retrieved on 2006-07-09.
5. ^ "Franklin Gowen". Retrieved on 2005-03-02.
6. ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.