Events

January events

* January 16 – The Mito Line between

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and Oyama, Japan, begins passenger train operations. * January 28 – The last

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of a Chicago and North Western Railroad train derails and overturns and is then dragged over tree stumps near Elmwood, Michigan; Michigan's

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and an acquaintance are killed in the accident. Aff ciwl orient express4 jw

March events

* March 25 – Inauguration of

Lansdowne Bridge The Lansdowne Bridge is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries the northbound carriageway of the Hume Highway (route A22 at this point) across Prospect Creek between Lansvale and Lansdowne. Situated in southwestern Sydney it is located on ...

over

Indus River The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

completes the

Indus Valley State Railway The Indus Valley State Railway was a railway founded in 1871 to provide a rail link between Kotri and Multan and to replace the Indus Steam Flotilla. The opening of the line thus connected Karachi with Lahore. History The survey of the Indus V ...

through route between

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

and

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

in British India.

May events

* May 1 – Opening of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge north of Sydney, Australia.

June events

* June 1 – The first direct ''

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'' is operated from Paris to

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. * June 12 – The Armagh rail disaster occurs near

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, Ireland: runaway carriages collide with an oncoming train, killing 80, and spurring the

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to pass the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, mandating improved brake and signal systems. * June 30 – The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the ''Big Four'' Railroad) is formed through the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company and the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.

July events

* July 1 ** The railway between Tokyo and

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

, Japan (now known as the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

) is completed. ** A first section of Cumana Railway Line,

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

to Patamia Spa route officially completed, and regular operation service to start in Campania Region,

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. * July 9 – The Housatonic Railroad leases the

New Haven and Derby Railroad The New Haven and Derby Railroad (NH&D) was a railroad that connected the city of New Haven, Connecticut, with the town of Derby. The railroad was built between 1868 and 1871, when it began operations. The company was created by the city of New ...

. * July 17 – The

Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad The Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad (later called the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway) was a historic narrow gauge railroad that operated in Colorado in the western United States in the late 19th century. The railroad opened up the ...

, in

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, is sold from receivership to the

Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway The Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad (later called the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway) was a historic narrow gauge railroad that operated in Colorado in the western United States in the late 19th century. The railroad opened up the ...

August events

* August 3 – Opening of Hawarden Bridge, Wales. * August 20 – First section of

Steyr Valley Railway The Steyr Valley Railway (german: Steyrtalbahn) was a narrow gauge railway in Upper Austria, which ran along the valley of the River Steyr from Garsten through Steyr, Grünburg and Molln to Klaus, with a branchline to Sierning and Bad Hall. A ...

in Upper Austria opened.

September events

* September 18 – The Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad is reorganized as the Great Northern Railway. * September 30 – Official opening of Palmerston to Pine Creek railway, first section of North Australia Railway, from Darwin to Birdum, Northern Territory.

October events

* October 15 –

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's Centraal Station, designed by P. J. H. Cuypers and Al Van Gendt, opens.

November events

* November 7 –

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Top ...

consolidates several of its subsidiary railroads in California into the

Southern California Railway Southern California Railway was formed on November 7, 1889. it was formed by consolidation of California Southern Railroad Company, the California Central Railway Company, and the Redondo Beach Railway Company. A second consolidation and reformi ...

December events

* December 28 – The first

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to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.

Unknown date events

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or the Toy Train, is a narrow-gauge, gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about long. It c ...

takes delivery of first four Class B locomotives from

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: the design will remain in service into the 21st century. *

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

–

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railway line connected with the

Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway (() (transliteration: Sankt-Peterburgo–Varshavskaya zheleznaya doroga)) is a long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe. At the time the entire railwa ...

in Governorate of Livonia,

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is opened for traffic. * First section of

Luanda Railway The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. A branch line departs the railway at Zenza do Itombe for Dondo. The line is operated by the state ow ...

opens in Portuguese Angola. *

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begins operations in

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Births

Unknown date births

Fred Gurley Fred G. Gurley (1889 – July 4, 1976) was president and executive committee chairman of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Gurley began his railroad career in 1906 on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, where he worked his way ...

, president of

1944–1957 (d. 1976).

Deaths

October deaths

* October 15 – Sir Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

1837–1864 (b. 1816).

November deaths

* November 13 – Samuel Morton Peto, English railway contractor (b. 1809). * November 24 –

George H. Pendleton George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825November 24, 1889) was an American politician and lawyer. He represented Ohio in both houses of United States Congress, Congress and was the unsuccessful History of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic ...

, president of

Kentucky Central Railroad Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

1869-1879, dies (b. 1825).

December deaths

* December 13 –

Franklin B. Gowen Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 – December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (commonly referred to as the Reading Railroad) in the 1870s/80s. He is identified with the undercover infiltration a ...

, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (b. 1836). * December 20 –

William Stroudley William Stroudley (6 March 1833 – 20 December 1889) was an English railway engineer, and was one of the most famous steam locomotive engineers of the nineteenth century, working principally for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (L ...

, locomotive and carriage superintendent for Highland Railway 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...

's Brighton Works 1870–1889, dies (b. 1833).

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