1886 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1886.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 30 - Executives from several railroad companies operating in the southern United States meet and agree to all regauge their railroads to standard gauge, 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in), by June 1.<ref>Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. This month in railroad history: March. Retrieved on March 29, 2006.</ref>
[edit] May events
- May - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway takes control of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
[edit] July events
- July 8 - Russian Tsar Alexander III establishes Railway Worker Day as a national holiday on the anniversary of the name day of Nikolai I, who first commissioned Russian railroad construction.<ref>"Railway Worker Day marked in Russia", ITAR-TASS, 2006-08-06. Retrieved on 2006-08-07.</ref>
[edit] August events
- August 17 - The 7 mile (11.3 km) long Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad is incorporated in Ottawa County, Ohio.
[edit] September events
- September 9 - The rail connection to Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, is completed by a predecessor of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway.
[edit] October events
- October 18 - Between 5:00 AM and 6:00 PM, the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad, a predecessor of the Cotton Belt Railroad, converts 418 miles (673 km) of track from narrow gauge to standard gauge.
[edit] November events
- November 20 - The San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway is incorporated as a Santa Fe Railroad subsidiary to build a rail connection between its namesake cities in California.<ref>Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Omni Publications, p 23-24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.</ref>
[edit] Unknown date events
- The first refrigerator cars on the Southern Pacific Railroad enter operation.
- The Southern Pacific Railroad wins the landmark Supreme Court case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad which establishes equal rights under the law to corporations.
[edit] Births
[edit] May births
- May 4 - Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (d. 1976).
[edit] Unknown date births
- W. Graham Claytor, president of Southern Railway (d. 1971).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] December deaths
- December 28 - William Kimmel, director for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (b. 1812).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- David Levy Yulee, Florida railroad executive (b. 1810).
[edit] References
- Clowes, J. A.; Railways of Canada Archives (1999), Eastern New Brunswick's Railway History. Retrieved September 8 2005.
- Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, history of the railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 18 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
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