1890 in rail transport

1890 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 22 - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (the "Big Four Railroad") gains control of the Peoria and Eastern Railway in southern Illinois. [(August 31 2005), " [http://www.cumtd.com/itc/rail_history.html History of Champaign-Urbana Transportation - Part 3: Railroads] ". Retrieved February 22 2006.]

March events

* March 4 - The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth in Scotland is officially opened and its contractor, William Arrol, knighted. [cite book|last=Thomas|first=John|title=The North British Railway, vol. 2|date=1975|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-6699-8]

August events

* August 18 - The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad, a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway, begins operations between Kansas City and Argentine. [cite web|author=Kansas City Southern Historical Society|url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm|title=The Kansas City Southern Lines|accessdate=2005-08-15]
* August 19 - Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Ohio Valley Railway reorganized as the Pittsburg, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad.

November events

* November 4 - Official opening of the City & South London Railway, earliest constituent of the Northern Line of the London Underground and the first real deep-level electrified "tube" railway in the world. [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]
* November 26 - The Mito Railway, in Japan, operates its first freight trains.

Unknown date events

* Leland Stanford begins his term as Chairman of the Executive Committee for Southern Pacific Railroad.
* Charles Francis Adams, Jr. steps down from the presidency of the Union Pacific Railroad. [cite web|author=Soylent Communications|date=2005|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/488/000082242/|title=Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|accessdate=2005-02-21]

Births

August births

* August 16 - C. P. Couch, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939-1941 (d. 1955).

Deaths

September deaths

* September 30 – Frederick H. Billings, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1879-1881 (b. 1823).

References

* Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31 1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1870.html Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio] ". Retrieved August 16 2005.


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