1882 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 1 - Opening to traffic of the Gotthard Tunnel (km to mi|15|abbr=yes), completing the Gotthardbahn in Switzerland. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]
* January 2 - Building northward from San Diego, California Southern Railroad tracks reach Fallbrook, California.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 27 ]
* 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.

April events

* April 17 - The St. Clairsville and Northern Railway, connecting St. Clairsville to Barton, Ohio, is incorporated. [cite web| author=Morris, J. C.| url=http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1880.html| title=Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs| date=December 31 1902| accessmonthday=17 April | accessyear=2006 ]

May events

* May 15 - Lehrter Stadtbahnhof, the precursor to the current Berlin Hauptbahnhof, opens in Germany.

August events

* August 21 - The first California Southern Railroad train from National City reaches Colton, California. [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 17 ]
* August 23 - The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
* August 24 - The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad leases the 97 mile (156 km) long Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.

September events

* September 1 - The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad begins operations over the leased 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 $7.2 million.

Unknown date events

* Spring - The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, later to become part of 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.
* Minerva Car Works, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Minerva, Ohio.

Births

September births

* September 19 – Oliver Bulleid, chief mechanical engineer of Southern Railway in Great Britain 1937-1948, is born (d. 1970).

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

* John Cooke, superintendent of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and founder of 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), " [http://www.sdrm.org/history/cs/perris.html Perris and its Railroad: California Southern Railway history] ". Retrieved August 15 2005.
* (1913), " [http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company] ". Retrieved August 23 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm This Month in Railroad History - August] ". Retrieved August 22 2005.
* Santa Fe Railroad (1945), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
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