1885 in rail transport

1885 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 12 - The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway is incorporated in Missouri. [Truman Area Community Network " [http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/railroads/ch_kcfsm.html Corporate History Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company] ". Retrieved February 12 2006.]
* 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 Haven Railroad, opens. [cite web| url=http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere2.Html|title=A Brief History Lines West of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.|author=Blakeslee, Philip C.|accessmonthday=6 April|accessyear=2006]

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 - The Hull and Barnsley Railway opens in Yorkshire, England. It is intended to challenge the near-monopoly on export coal traffic in its region of the North Eastern Railway. [cite book|author=Parkes, G. D.|title=The Hull & Barnsley Railway|date=1946|publisher=Oakwood Press|location=Chislehurst]

August events

* August - International Railway Congress Association established in Brussels to provide an international forum for technical discussion. [cite journal|title=The International Railway Congress|journal=Railway Gazette|date=1910|volume=13]

November events

* 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. [cite book| author=Waters, Leslie L.| title=Steel Trails to Santa Fe| year=1950| publisher=University of Kansas Press| location=Lawrence, Kansas| pages=p 74 ]
* 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.cite book| author=Duke, Donald, and Kistler, Stan| title=Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California| year=1963| publisher=Golden West Books| location=San Marino, California| id=ISBN 0-87095-009-6| pages=p 32 ]
* November 17 - The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego. [cite book| author=Signor, John R.| title=The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route| publisher=Golden West Books| location=San Marino, California| year=1988| id=ISBN 0-87095-101-7| pages=p 18 ]
* 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.

Unknown date events

* Cornelius Vanderbilt II is promoted to president of the New York Central system.

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). [cite journal| journal=Railway Age| month=October 21| year=1968| pages=p 40| title=You ought to know: Electro-Motive's Dilworth is dead; diesel pioneer| volume=165| issue=16 ]

Deaths

July deaths

* July 31 - Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (b. 1831). [cite web|title=Robert Francis Fairlie|url=http://www.steamindex.com/people/fairlie.htm|accessdate=2005-02-09]

December deaths

* December 6 - Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of the Schwarzwaldbahn and the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest (b. 1820). [German Wikipedia, " [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Gerwig&oldid=9808384 Robert Gerwig] ". Retrieved December 6 2005.]
* 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), " [http://www.sdrm.org/history/cs/perris.html Perris and its Railroad] ". Retrieved November 8 2005.
* (1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1880.html Ohio Railway Report] ". Retrieved July 18 2005.
* Santa Fe Railroad (1945), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
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