Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 16


 * March 16


 * 1836 – Andrew Smith Hallidie (pictured), who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California, is born (d. 1900).
 * 1847 – The Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opens between Shipley and Keighley in West Yorkshire, England.
 * 1863 – Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in Germany opens its Szczecin–Pasewalk and Anklam–Pasewalk–Prenzlau–Angermünde lines.
 * 1908 – Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway opens its line between Lyle and Vancouver, Washington.