- 1877 in rail transport
Events
May events
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May 1 - Opening of first railway in Burma (Myanmar ), from Rangoon (Yangon ) to Prome (Pyay ) (km to mi|257|abbr=yes ofmetre gauge). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|date=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]July events
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July 14 - Workers on theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad walk off their jobs in an act that is seen as the start of thegreat railroad strike of 1877 .cite web| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History - July| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society|year=2005|accessdate=2006-07-14]
*July 16 - Railroad workers on strike inMartinsburg, West Virginia , derail and loot a train; United States PresidentRutherford B. Hayes calls in Federal troops to break the strike.
*July 19 - TheNew York and Manhattan Beach Railway (later absorbed by theLong Island Rail Road ) opens. [cite web|url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/nymbry.html|title=The New York and Manhattan Beach Railway|accessdate=2005-07-18]
*July 20 -Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers riot inBaltimore, Maryland . Nine railroad employees are killed as theMaryland militia attempts to quell the riot.
*July 21 -Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , stage a sympathy strike for the workers killed inBaltimore, Maryland the day before. Rioting erupts throughout Pittsburgh as a result.
*July 24 -Joel Tiffany is awarded US patent|193357 for his design of the first successfulrefrigerator car .August events
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August 31 - The first RailGauge|24 gauge narrow gauge railroad in America, theBillerica and Bedford Railroad , begins operations. [cite web|date=March 18 2000 )|url=http://www.bedforddepot.org/RRHistory.html|title=A Chronology of Bedford's Railroad History|accessdate=2005-08-31]December events
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December 27 - TheQuebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway opens, traversing a route fromMontreal through Lachute to Hull.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12 2005 ), [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] . RetrievedDecember 27 2005 .]Unknown date events
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Southern Pacific Railroad fromLos Angeles, California , cross the Colorado River atYuma, Arizona .
*William Henry Vanderbilt , son ofCornelius Vanderbilt , is promoted to President of theNew York Central system.Births
March births
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March 7 -Walter Kidde , president ofNew York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 1937 –1943 (d.1943 ). [cite book|title=The New York Susuquehanna & Western Railroad|author=Robert E. Mohowski|year=2003|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-7222-7]Unknown date births
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Edgar Alcock , general manager and chairman ofHunslet Engine Company ofLeeds ,England (d.1951 ).Deaths
January deaths
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January 4 -Cornelius Vanderbilt , Americanfinancier who created theNew York Central and Hudson River Railroad from the merger of several smallerNew York railroads (b.1794 ).April deaths
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April 22 -James P. Kirkwood , designer ofStarrucca Viaduct (b.1807 ).August deaths
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August 3 -William Butler Ogden , president of theChicago and North Western Railway (b.1805 ).September deaths
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September 2 -Alvin Adams , founder of Adams Express, one of the first LCL freight companies in theUnited States , dies (b.1804 ).Unknown date deaths
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Oliver Ames, Jr. , president ofUnion Pacific Railroad 1866 -1871 , brother ofOakes Ames (b.1807 ).Spencer Marks (2005), " [http://www.spencermarks.com/html/ames_family.html The Ames Family of North Easton, MA] ". RetrievedDecember 29 2005 .] Union Pacific Railroad, " [http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/sig-indv.shtml Union Pacific: Significant Individuals] ". RetrievedDecember 29 2005 .]
*Matthew Baird , second owner ofBaldwin Locomotive Works (b.1817 ).References
* " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/engrs.htm Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers] ". Retrieved
February 9 2005 .
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005 ), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July] ". RetrievedJuly 12 andJuly 22 2005 .
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