1875 in rail transport

1875 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 9 - The first train passes through the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts.

March events

* March 24 - The Mayor of Los Angeles, California, approves a measure to allow the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad, a predecessor of the Pacific Electric Railway, to extend its line to connect to the Southern Pacific Railroad train station. [Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, " [http://www.erha.org/railwayhis.htm The Street Railway History of Los Angeles] ". Retrieved March 24 2006.]

April events

* April 26 - Prince Edward Island Railway operates its first regularly scheduled train between Charlottetown and Georgetown. [cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| year=2006-03-17| accessdate=2006-04-26| ]

August events

* August 30 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held in Pembroke, Ontario, for the Canada Central Railway line between Pembroke and Renfrew. [Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 23 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved August 30 2005.]

September events

* September 13 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Kansas, reaches Las Animas, Colorado.Santa Fe Railroad (1945), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.]
* September 27 - Railway Jubilee at Darlington (in honour of the Stockton and Darlington Railway). "The Railway Year Book 1912", Railway Publishing Company, London.]

Unknown date events

* The American labor organization Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen is founded.
* The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad purchases the line between Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas.

Births

May births

* May 9 - H. P. M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920–1922 (d. 1948).

Deaths

January deaths

* January 18 - William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (b. 1807). [" [http://www.trainweb.org/panama/aspinwall.html William Henry Aspinwall] ". Retrieved February 9 2005.]

References


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