1871 in rail transport

1871 in rail transport

Events

July events

* July 12 - The first narrow gauge railway in North America, the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, using a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), opens to Uxbridge.
* July 22 - The Canada Central Railway holds an official groundbreaking ceremony at Renfrew for the railroad's section between there and Sand Point, Ontario.

August events

* August 5 - The New Haven and Derby Railroad, a predecessor of the New Haven Railroad in Connecticut, opens between New Haven and Derby Junction (Ansonia).

eptember events

* September 17 - The Fréjus (or Mont Cenis) Tunnel (km to mi|13.7|abbr=yes) is opened carrying the Fréjus railway beneath Mont Cenis in the Alps and connecting Modane, France and Bardonecchia, Italy.
* September 18 - The second narrow gauge railway in North America, the Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway, using a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), opens to Orangeville, Ontario.

Unknown date events

* The United New Jersey Railroad and Canals Company, which owns the assets of the first railroad built in New Jersey (the Camden and Amboy Railroad), is merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad
* The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the North Carolina Railroad.
* The owners of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad begin using the name "Atlantic Coast Line" in advertising to describe the two railroads.
* The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Dodge City, Kansas.
* Ensign Manufacturing Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Huntington, West Virginia.

Births

Deaths

December deaths

* December 14 - George Hudson, English railway financier, "The Railway King" (b. 1800). [cite book|author=Peacock, A. J.|title=George Hudson 1800-1971: the Railway King, vol. 2|publisher=author|location=York|date=1989|isbn=0-9513280-2-6]

References

* Blakeslee, Philip C., " [http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere2.Html A Brief History Lines West Of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.] ". Retrieved August 4 2005.
* (April 3 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved July 10, 2005.
* (July 5 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved July 18 2005.
* "Narrow Gauge Through the Bush - Ontario's Toronto Grey and Bruce and Toronto and Nipissing Railways"; Rod Clarke; pub. Beaumont and Clarke, with the Credit Valley Railway Company, Streetsville, Ontario, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9784406-0-2
* "The Narrow Gauge For Us - The Story of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway"; Charles Cooper; pub. The Boston Mills Press; Erin, Ontario, 1982.
* "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee; pub. Railfair, Montreal, 1972.
* "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee, expanded and revised by Ronald S Ritchie; pub. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, 2005.


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