1856 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1856.

Events

Unknown date events

• After Thomas Rogers's death, his son, Jacob S. Rogers, reorganizes Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor as Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Births

February births

• February 2 – Frederick William Vanderbilt, director of the New York Central system (d. 1938).

Deaths

November deaths

• November 1 – John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (b. 1780).

Unknown date deaths

• Thomas Rogers, American steam locomotive builder.

References

• Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9 2005.