1862 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1862.

Events

January events

• January 1 – Maj. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson marches his troops northward with the objective of disrupting traffic on the B&O Railroad and C&O Canal; the Battle of Hancock is unsuccessful and the Confederate Army withdraws.

April events

• April 12 – Andrew's Raiders steal The General and drive it north toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, with Western and Atlantic Railroad conductor William Fuller chasing it in the Great Locomotive Chase.

May events

• May 6 – the bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act is passed by the United States House of Representatives.

June events

• June 20 – the bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act is passed by the United States Senate.

July events

• July 1 – the Pacific Railroad Act is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
• July 1 – the Union Pacific Railroad is incorporated.

Unknown date events

• Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires the New York and Harlem Railroad.

Births

Deaths