1890 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1890.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February events 1.2 March events 1.3 August events 1.4 November events 1.5 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 August births 3 Deaths 3.1 September deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] March events

• March 4 - The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth in Scotland is officially opened and its contractor, William Arrol, knighted.^[2]

[edit] August events

• August 18 - The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad, a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway, begins operations between Kansas City and Argentine.^[3]
• August 19 - Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Ohio Valley Railway reorganized as the Pittsburg, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad.

[edit] 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.^[4]
• November 26 - The Mito Railway, in Japan, operates its first freight trains.

[edit] 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.^[5]

[edit] Births

[edit] August births

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

[edit] Deaths

[edit] September deaths

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

[edit] References

• Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16, 2005.

1. ^ (August 31, 2005), History of Champaign-Urbana Transportation - Part 3: Railroads. Retrieved February 22, 2006.
2. ^ Thomas, John (1975). The North British Railway, vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6699-8. 
3. ^ Kansas City Southern Historical Society. The Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved on 2005-08-15.
4. ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6. 
5. ^ Soylent Communications (2005). Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved on 2005-02-21.