1893 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - Coming into force of international convention on the transport of goods by rail in the principal contiguous states of Western Europe. [cite web|author=Anastasiadou, Irene|title=International Railway Organization in 19th and 20th century Europe|year=2005|url=http://www.tie-project.nl/publications/pdf/wd%209%20Anastasiadou.pdf|accessdate=2007-07-17|format=PDF]
* January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America. See Railroad chronometers
* January - Under the direction of James J. Hill the third transcontinental railway in the United States is completed to the Pacific Northwest.

February events

* February 4 - Official opening of main section of Liverpool Overhead Railway, the first electrified suburban line in Britain, and the first electrified overhead railway in the world.
* February 23 - Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.

March events

* March 1 - The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven Railroad) leases the Old Colony Railroad.
* March 2 - The US Railroad Safety Appliance Act is enacted, mandating that all cars in interchange service be equipped with air brakes, automatic couplers and grab irons.

April events

* April 22 - The "John Bull" arrives in Chicago, Illinois, for the World's Columbian Exposition after traveling under its own power from Jersey City, New Jersey. [cite web|author=Association of American Railroads|date=February 2005|url=http://www.aar.org/GetFile.asp?File_ID=163|title=Chronology of US Railroading|format=PDF|accessmonthday=2 June|accessyear=2005]

May events

* May 10 - New York Central locomotive number 999 pulls a passenger train between Batavia and Buffalo, New York, reaching 112.5 mph (181 km/h); this is the first time an American train breaks 100 mph (161 km/h).

* May 12 - Chicago's premier rapid transit line, the South Side Elevated Railway, is extended to the World's Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park.

June events

* June 22 - Robert S. Lovett succeeds Leland Stanford as the president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, after Stanford's death. The Chairmanship position vacated by Stanford remains vacant for another 16 years.

July events

* July 1 - William Mackenzie purchases the Toronto and Mimico Creek Railway.cite web| url=http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/Radial%20&%20Railway%20History.htm| title=Radial Railway History| accessmonthday=7 July | accessyear=2005 ]
* July 10 - The Toronto and Mimico Creek Railway is extended to Mimico Creek.
* July 29 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opens La Grande Station in Los Angeles, California. [cite web|author=Brehm, Qathryn|title=Los Angeles Downtown Arts District: History|url=http://www.ladad.com/EarlyHistory.htm| accessdate=2006-05-12 ]

September events

* September 7 - First part of Douglas & Laxey Coast Electric Tramway, a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge interurban (later the Manx Electric Railway), opens on the Isle of Man. [cite book|author=Gillham, J. C.|title=The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883|year=1988|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1392-6]
* September 18 - The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway opens between Ottawa and Arnprior.

October events

* October 20 - Brayton C. Ives succeeds Thomas Fletcher Oakes as president of Northern Pacific Railway. [cite book| author=Busbey, T. Addison, editor| title=The Biographical Directory of Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1896| location=Chicago, Illinois| publisher=Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader| year=1896| page=244 ]

November events

* November 6 - Chicago's second rapid transit line, the Lake Street Elevated Railway is placed into operation between downtown Chicago and California Avenue. Like the South Side 'L', it began service using steam locomotives.
* November 14 - The Central Railway of Peru opens the section of line from Chicla across the Andes watershed to Oroya, with a summit level at Galera of 4781 m (15,686 feet) above sea level. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

December events

* December 6 - The "John Bull" leaves the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, under its own power, headed toward Washington, DC, for its return to the Smithsonian Institution.
* December 18 - The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway opens an extension of the railway from Arnprior to Eganville, Ontario. [cite web| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=December 12 2005| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history| accessmonthday=18 December | accessyear=2005 ]

* December 22 - The "John Bull" arrives back in Washington, DC, after traveling under its own power from Chicago, Illinois.
* December 23 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway enters receivership three days after the railroad's chairman died.

Unknown date events

* Eugene V. Debs organizes the first industrial union in the United States, the American Railway Union (ARU).
* Jacob S. Rogers, son of company founder Thomas Rogers, resigns from the presidency of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works; the company's former treasurer becomes president and reorganizes the company as Rogers Locomotive Company.
* Jewett Car Company is founded in Jewett, Ohio; it will become a major supplier of interurban cars and trolleys.

Births

November births

* November 5 - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (d. 1986).

Deaths

January deaths

* January 27 - Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives (b. 1820).

June deaths

* June 21 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (b. 1824)

December deaths

* December 20 - George C. Magoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s (b. 1840).

Unknown date deaths

* Allen Manvel, eleventh president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1837).
* Walter McQueen, Chief mechanical engineer for the Albany and Schenectady Railroad 1845–1850, Hudson River Railroad 1850–1852, and superintendent of Schenectady Locomotive Works 1852–1876 (b. 1817).

References

* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved September 18 2005.
* " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/contengr.htm Continental engineers] ". Retrieved February 9 2005.
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