1885 in rail transport

none 1884 1885 1886 1880 Events February events February 8 – The Midland Railway of England opens its extension to Birmingham New Street station. February 12 – The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway is incorporated in Missouri.Truman Area Community Network Corporate History Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company https://web.archive.org/web/20061011050704/http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/railroads/ch_kcfsm.html 2006-10-11 . Retrieved February 12, 2006. February 17 – The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad are combined under a single holding company, the Southern Pacific Company. April events April 1 – The Southern Pacific Railroad takes over operations of the Central Pacific Railroad. April 6 – The Meriden and Cromwell Railroad, a Connecticut predecessor of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, opens.http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere2.Html A Brief History Lines West of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. Blakeslee, Philip C. 6 April 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060407063202/http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere2.Html 7 April 2006 live June events June – John J. Hagerman gains control of Colorado Midland. July events July 19 – The Zanesville and Ohio River Railway enters receivership. July 20 The Hull & Barnsley Railway opens in Yorkshire, England. It is intended to challenge the near-monopoly on export coal traffic in its region of the North Eastern Railway.Parkes, G. D. The Hull & Barnsley Railway 1946 Oakwood Press Chislehurst Opening of first railway in Vietnam, Saigon to Mỹ Tho.http://www.vietnamtravelkey.com/transfer/vietnam_train_ticket.htm Vietnam Railway VietnamTravelKey 2009-05-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20090611144536/http://www.vietnamtravelkey.com/transfer/vietnam_train_ticket.htm 2009-06-11 live August events August – International Railway Congress Association established in Brussels to provide an international forum for technical discussion.The International Railway Congress Railway Gazette 1910 13 November events thumb|The last spike is driven on the Canadian Pacific Railway November – First train crosses Garabit viaduct in the Massif Central of France. November 6 – Phase 3 of the Novara–Varallo railway in Italy opens connecting Grignasco to Borgosesia.https://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 November 7 – The last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway is driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada. November 9 – The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino through Cajon Pass, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.Waters, Leslie L. Steel Trails to Santa Fe 1950 University of Kansas Press Lawrence, Kansas 74 November 12 – The first train to travel the entire route of California Southern Railroad's track through Cajon Pass carries rails from Barstow to Riverside.Duke Donald Kistler Stan 1969 1963 Santa Fe...Steel Rails through California https://archive.org/details/santafesteelrail0000duke Golden West Books San Marino, California 0-87095-009-6 32 November 17 – The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego.Signor, John R. The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route Golden West Books San Marino, California 1988 978-0-87095-101-5 18 November 29 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway leases trackage rights over the Southern Pacific Railroad from San Bernardino to Los Angeles at $1,200 per mile per year. Unknown date events Cornelius Vanderbilt II is promoted to president of the New York Central system. The New Zealand Government Railways become the first major railway to place a 2-6-2 steam locomotive into service, having ordered ten V class from Nasmyth, Wilson & Company of Manchester, England.Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 978-0-85112-707-1 Births Unknown date births Richard M. Dilworth, General Motors Electro-Motive Division chief engineer credited with developing the diesel-electric locomotive concept in the 1930s (d. 1968).Railway Age 21 October 1968 40 You ought to know: Electro-Motive's Dilworth is dead; diesel pioneer 165 16 Deaths January deaths January 12 – John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, pioneer of the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (b. 1795). July deaths July 31 – Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (b. 1831).Robert Francis Fairlie https://steamindex.com/people/fairlie.htm 2005-02-09 December deaths December 6 – Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of the Schwarzwaldbahn and the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest (b. 1820). December 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1821). Notes References Dodge, Richard V.; San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000), Perris and its Railroad. Retrieved November 8, 2005. (1902), Ohio Railway Report. Retrieved July 18, 2005. Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.