1885 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1885.
Contents
Events
February events
- February 8 - The Midland Railway opens its extension to Birmingham New Street station.
- February 12 - The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway is incorporated in Missouri.[1]
- February 17 - The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad are combined under a single holding company, the Southern Pacific Company.
April events
- April 1 - The Southern Pacific Railroad takes over operations of the Central Pacific Railroad.
- April 6 - The Meriden and Cromwell Railroad, a Connecticut predecessor of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, opens.[2]
June events
- June - John J. Hagerman gains control of Colorado Midland.
July events
- July 19 - The Zanesville and Ohio River Railway enters receivership.
- July 20 -
August events
- August - International Railway Congress Association established in Brussels to provide an international forum for technical discussion.[5]
November events
- November - First train crosses Garabit viaduct in the Massif Central of France.
- November 6 – Phase 3 of the Novara–Varallo railway in Italy opens connecting Grignasco to Borgosesia.[6]
- November 7 - The last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway is driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada.
- November 9 - The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino through Cajon Pass, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.[7]
- November 12 - The first train to travel the entire route of California Southern Railroad's track through Cajon Pass carries rails from Barstow to Riverside.[8]
- November 17 - The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego.[9]
- November 29 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway leases trackage rights over the Southern Pacific Railroad from San Bernardino to Los Angeles at $1,200 per mile per year.[8]
Unknown date events
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II is promoted to president of the New York Central system.
- The New Zealand Government Railways become the first major railway to place a 2-6-2 steam locomotive into service, having ordered ten V class from Nasmyth, Wilson and Company of Manchester, England.[10]
Births
Unknown date births
- Richard M. Dilworth, General Motors Electro-Motive Division chief engineer credited with developing the diesel-electric locomotive concept in the 1930s (d. 1968).[11]
Deaths
July deaths
- July 31 - Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (b. 1831).[12]
December deaths
- December 6 - Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of the Schwarzwaldbahn and the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest (b. 1820).
- December 8 - William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1821).
Unknown date deaths
- John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad who pioneered the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (b. 1795).
References
- Dodge, Richard V.; San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000), Perris and its Railroad. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- (1902), Ohio Railway Report. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
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- ↑ Truman Area Community Network Corporate History Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company. Retrieved February 12, 2006.
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