Events February events February 11 — The Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, forerunner of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is chartered in Kansas. February 13 — Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad completes construction of its line across Missouri to connect its namesake cities. March events March 3 — Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur. March 15 – While under lease to Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Somerset Central Railway is extended to Wells. May events May 2 — Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash in Cornwall, England, opened by Prince Albert. May 4 — Cornwall Railway opened across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. June events June 2 — The organization that is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway purchases the assets of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad. June 7 — The Chicago and North Western Railway is chartered. August events August — Samuel Marsh succeeds Charles Moran as president of the Erie Railroad. September events September 1 — The first Pullman sleeping car leaves Bloomington, Illinois, on an overnight trip to Chicago; first Pullman conductor is Jonathan L. Barnes. September 12 – At a meeting under Drammen chairmanship in Norway, construction of a railway line to connect Drammen and Randsfjorden, later known as the Randsfjorden Line, is selected over the option for a waterway. September 22 – The Chemins de fer de l'Est opens its line from Paris Gare de la Bastille to Vincennes and La Varenne in France. October events October 3 — The Cologne-Minden Railway Company opens the Cathedral Bridge (Dombrücke) across the Rhine in Cologne giving access to the city's new Central Station. December events December 27 — Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot. Unknown date events Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España of Spain introduces its standard 0-6-0 goods locomotives, almost all of which will be in service for more than a century. Births January births January 11 — Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (d. 1920). April births April 3 – Darius Miller, president of Chicago, Burlington