1874 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1874.
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[edit] Events
[edit] May events
- May 1 - Construction begins on the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, the first railroad to be built in Seattle, Washington, United States.
- May 5 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad is chartered in Massachusetts.
- May 18 - Construction begins on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.
[edit] June events
- June 20 - The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad, building from Denver, reaches Morrison, Colorado.
[edit] July events
- July - Hugh J. Jewett succeeds Peter H. Watson as president of the Erie Railroad.
- July 3 - The first revenue trains on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad operate between Denver and Morrison, Colorado.
[edit] September events
- September 10 - Norwich (Norfolk), United Kingdom: 25 people were killed when a communication error caused a mail train and an express passenger train to meet in a head-on collision on a single-line section. The accident led directly to the introduction of automatic control systems to manage traffic on single-track railways.
- September 14 - A franchise for the extension of the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Old River Station, in Los Angeles, California, is approved.
- September 23 - East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania operates its first revenue trains.
[edit] October events
- October 23 - The first trains operate on the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, making it the first narrow gauge railroad to operate in California.[1]
- October 26 - Grand Trunk Railway converts all 546 mi (879 km) of its track east of Montreal from 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm) gauge to 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) standard gauge.[2]
[edit] November events
- November 7 - The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company, the predecessor of the Miami Valley Railway, is incorporated.
- November 8 - Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad reach Bakersfield, California; work begins on the route that would eventually become the Tehachapi Loop.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, an early predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its official name to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
- Dr. Livingston Stone of the US Fish Commission (which later became the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) "chaperoned" a shipment of 35,000 shad fry to stock the Sacramento River in California in the first such delivery by rail aboard a fish car.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] May deaths
- May 27 - John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852–1874 (b. 1808).
[edit] June deaths
- June 20 - John Ruggles, who was awarded U.S. Patent 1 for improved driving wheels (b. 1789).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (b. 1810).
[edit] References
- Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, The street railway history of Los Angeles. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
- Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- U.S. Government Printing Office (1979), The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System. Retrieved March 28, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Monterey County Historical Society (2006). The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-09-15). Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
