1895 in rail transport

none March 2012 1894 1895 1896 1890 Events February events February 1 – The Kyoto Electric Railway, Japan's first electric tramway, begins operation from the centre of Kyoto to Fushimi.With "Ting-ting" Going as the Starting Signal, the First Streetcar Started to Run in 1895 Kyoto City Web 2004 http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/historical/first/04.html January 12, 2010 May events May 6 – The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad is opened in Chicago as the first electrically operated rapid transit system in the U.S. between downtown Canal & Jackson Streets and Damen & Milwaukee AvenuesNew "L" Road Opens May 7, 1895 Chicago Daily Tribune 12 including the first completed Scherzer rolling lift bridge.Cermak Road Bridge District City of Chicago 2003 http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/general/Cermak_Road_Bridge_Historyreport.pdf PDF 17 February 9, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120131142012/http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/general/Cermak_Road_Bridge_Historyreport.pdf January 31, 2012 The road initially uses 55 wooden motor coaches built by the Barney and Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio and 100 wooden trailer coaches built by the Pullman Car Company from Chicago, Illinois. On May 25, it is completed to Logan Square. This route will eventually become the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line. June events June 17 – The Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago begins service between Marshfield Avenue junction and Cicero (48th) Avenue. This route will subsequently be replaced in 1958 by the high-speed Congress branch of today's Blue Line along the Eisenhower Expressway. June 27 – The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England is incorporated by an act of Parliament. June 28 – The New Haven and Hartford Railroad begins the first regular passenger service in the United States powered by electricity.Railwaystation.com http://www.railwaystation.com/rr_history.html Railroad History June 28, 2005 July events July–August – Second "Race to the North": Operators of the East and West Coast Main Lines in Britain accelerate their services between London and Aberdeen. July 8 – The Delagoa Bay Railway, in South Africa, opens.http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1895/july_8_1895_65351.html Brainy History July 8, 1895, in history July 7, 2005 July 29 – Service begins on the Chicago "L" Humboldt Park branch.http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/humboldt.html Humboldt Park branch Chicago "L".org August 16, 2013 August events August 4 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introduces electric locomotives, the first in commercial service in the United States, over 3.75 mi km on of line near Camden, Baltimore, initially using an overhead electric slot system.Ferneyhough Frank The History of Railways in Britain Reading Osprey 1975 0-85045-060-8 August 20 – The Snaefell Mountain Railway opens in the Isle of Man. It is a 5 mi km on 3ft6in gauge line electrified using overhead wires at 550 v DC with bow collectors and uses a Fell centre rail for braking, rising to a 2034 ft m on summit. August 28 – The Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago begins service between Marshfield Avenue junction and 18th Street. It will be subsequently extended southwest and reach suburban Cicero by 1907 and Berwyn in 1924. It will also become part of the Blue Line, and later, the Pink Line. September events September 7 – The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company changes its name to Florida East Coast Railway. September 26 – Anghel Saligny Bridge across the Danube inaugurated, at this time the longest metal bridge in continental Europe. October events thumb|Going too far at Gare Montparnasse, Paris. October 10 – Opening of first transcontinental railway in South Africa linking Cape Town and Durban.Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 0-85112-707-X October 22 – Montparnasse derailment: at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France, an express train overruns the buffer stop and crosses more than 30 m of concourse before plummeting through a window. November events November 4 – Nippon Railway begins operations on the Tsuchiura Line between Tsuchiura and Tomobe. November 4 – Narrow gauge Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad opens from Wiscasset, Maine to Albion.Two Feet to Tidewater Jones, Robert C. Register, David L. Pruett Publishing 1987 0-87108-729-4 46 December events December 15 – The railways of the Cape of Good Hope, Colony of Natal, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and southern Mozambique are all linked at Union Junction near Alberton.South African Railways. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway. Statement no. 19, ref. no. 200954-13. p. 183. Unknown date events The Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway, the first interurban service in the Los Angeles area, opens.Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars Walker, Jim 2006 Arcadia Publishing 0-7385-4688-7 9 The Pasadena and Pacific Railroad begins construction on an interurban line between Pasadena and Santa Monica, California. Turkmenbashi railway station opens in Krasnovodsk, Turkmenistan. Accidents uncollapsed Births births in 1895 Category:1895 births Deaths April deaths April 23 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (b. 1808). October deaths October 8 – William Mahone, American civil engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western (b. 1826). References 30em