1882 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1882.
Events
January events
- January 1 – Opening to traffic of the Gotthardbahn in Switzerland.[1][page needed]
- January 2 – Building northward from San Diego, California Southern Railroad tracks reach Fallbrook, California.[2]
- January 9 – The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
- January 12 – The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, arrives in Dayton.
March events
- March 6 – Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio.
- March 27 – Continuing its northward construction, California Southern Railroad tracks reach Temecula, California.[2]
April events
- April 17 – The St. Clairsville and Northern Railway, connecting St. Clairsville to Barton, Ohio, is incorporated.[3]
May events
- May 15 – Lehrter Stadtbahnhof, the precursor to the current Berlin Hauptbahnhof, opens in Germany.
July events
- July 29 – destination resort.[4]
August events
- August 21 – The first California Southern Railroad train from National City reaches Colton, California.[2][5]
- August 23 – The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- August 24 – The Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.
September events
- September 1 – The Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.
October events
- October 10 – Departure 'Train Éclair de luxe', the test train for the Express d'Orient, the later Orient Express, from Paris (Gare de Strasbourg) to Wien (return arrival at Paris on October 14).
- October 16 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
- October 25 – The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William H. Vanderbilt for US$7.2 million.
Unknown date events
- Spring – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Albuquerque, New Mexico, reaches Canyon Diablo, Arizona.
- William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- American Car and Foundry, is founded in Minerva, Ohio.
Accidents
Births
February births
- February 4 – L. B. Billinton, Locomotive Engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912–1923 (d. 1954).
August births
- August 25 – Richard Paul Wagner, locomotive designer for Deutsche Reichsbahn 1922–1942 (d. 1953).
September births
- September 19 – Southern Railway (Great Britain)1937–1948, born in New Zealand (d. 1970).
Deaths
December deaths
- December 6 – Alfred Escher, Swiss railway promoter (b. 1819)
- December 24 – telegraphengineer (b. 1812).
Unknown date deaths
- Cooke Locomotive Works(b. 1824).
- John P. Laird, Scottish engineer who designed and patented the two-wheel equalized leading truck for steam locomotives (b. 1826).
References
- Dodge, Richard V. (November 15, 1959), Perris and its Railroad: California Southern Railway history. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
- (1913), History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved August 23, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History – August. Retrieved August 22, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- OCLC 24175552.
- ^ ISBN 0-87095-009-6.
- ^ Morris, J. C. (December 31, 1902). "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs". Retrieved April 17, 2006.
- ISBN 0-8310-7079-X.
- ISBN 0-87095-101-7.
- ^ "Transcaucasus Railways". Trains of Turkey. Retrieved June 6, 2010.