1894 in rail transport

1894 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May 11 - 3,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company go on strike to protest lowered wages without an equivalent reduction in expenses charged in the company town, Pullman, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois).

July events

* July 7 - The Wichita Falls Railway, a predecessor of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, is incorporated in Texas. [cite web|author=Good, Mike|date=May 19 1999|url=http://tacnet.missouri.org/~mgood/clintonrr/ch_mkt.html|title=Corporate History: Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway|accessdate=2005-07-07]
* July 15 - Central Pacific Railroad scraps "El Gobernador", at the time the largest locomotive in the world. [cite book| author=Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A.|title=Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium|publisher=Shade Tree Books|year=1987|isbn=0-930742-12-5]

August events

* August 4 - The Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway in Colorado, which purchased the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad five years earlier, enters receivership.
* August 7 - The West Highland Railway, operated by the North British Railway, is publicly opened to Fort William, Scotland. [cite book|author=Thomas, John|title=The West Highland Railway|date=1965|publisher=David & Charles|location=Dawlish]
* August 27 - Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway opens the segment between Fort-Coulonge and Waltham, Quebec, a line segment that was completed in February 1888.cite web|title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages|date=2006-07-30|accessdate=2006-08-25]

November events

* November - Eben B. Thomas succeeds John King as president of the Erie Railroad. [cite web|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-15]

Unknown date events

* The Southern Railway is formed from the combination of the Richmond and Danville Railroad system and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.
* Stearns Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, starts manufacturing Heisler locomotives.
* Oliver Robert Hawke Bury moves from the Chief mechanical engineer position at the Great Western Railway of Brazil to the same position at the Entre Rios Railway in Argentina.
* Construction of first oil-engined locomotive, an experimental unit designed by William Dent Priestman and built by his company, Priestman Brothers of Hull, England. [cite book|author=Webb, Brian|title=The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940|date=1973|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-6115-5]

Births

Deaths

References

* (January 16 2005), " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/managers.htm Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior officers] ". Retrieved February 10 2005.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rail transport in Western Australia — Railways in Western Australia were developed in the 19th century both the Government of Western Australia, and a number of private companies. Today passenger rail services are controlled by the Public Transport Authority (a department of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in Ethiopia — Further information: Ethio Djibouti Railways Current railroad routes in Ethiopia Rail transport in Ethiopia currently consists only of a line from Djibouti to Dire Dawa. The line continues from Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa, but is no longer… …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in Sweden — Sweden Operation National railway SJ Infrastructure company Swedish Transport Administration Statistics System length Total 12,821 kilometre …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in Norway — Norway Bergensbanen at Finse, the highest point of the Norwegian railways. Operation National railway …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in Indonesia — Most rail transport in Indonesia is located on the island of Java, which has two major rail lines that run the length of the island, as well as several connecting lines. The island of Sumatra has three (soon to be four) unconnected railway lines… …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in South Australia — South Australia was the first colony in Australia to build a railway line. It was a horse drawn tramway from the port of Goolwa on the Murray River to an ocean harbour at Port Elliot in 1854. Today the state has RailGauge|1600 broad gauge… …   Wikipedia

  • Rail transport in Sri Lanka — [ legend line|green solid 2px|Proposed line up to Ratnapura] The Sri Lanka Railway, originally known as Ceylon Government Railways, was conceived in the 1850s as an instrument to develop and unify Sri Lanka. Service began in 1864, with the… …   Wikipedia

  • History of rail transport in Poland — This article is part of the History of rail transport by country series. The history of rail transport in Poland dates back to the first half of the 19th century when railways were built under Prussian, Russian, and Austrian occupation. After… …   Wikipedia

  • History of rail transport in Great Britain 1830 - 1922 — This article is part of a series on the History of rail transport in Great Britain The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830 1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L MR), and the Grouping,… …   Wikipedia

  • History of rail transport in China — The history of rail transport in China began with foreign assistance. Since then, it has made advances with domestic and foreign technology.Qing Dynasty eraEarly effortsThe first railroad in China, the Woosung Road… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”