1893 in rail transport

none February 2012 1892 1893 1894 1890 Events thumb|250px|Liverpool Overhead January events January 1 – Coming into force of international convention on the transport of goods by rail in the principal contiguous states of Western Europe.Anastasiadou, Irene International Railway Organization in 19th and 20th century Europe 2005 http://www.tie-project.nl/publications/pdf/wd%209%20Anastasiadou.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20071020165038/http://www.tie-project.nl/publications/pdf/wd%209%20Anastasiadou.pdf dead October 20, 2007 July 17, 2007 PDF January 2 – Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America, leading to significance of the railroad chronometer. January – Under the direction of James J. Hill the third transcontinental railway, Great Northern, in the United States is completed to the Pacific Northwest. February events February 4 – Official opening of main section of Liverpool Overhead Railway, the first electrified suburban line in Britain, and the first (third rail) electrified overhead railway in the world. February 23 – Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine. March events March 1 – The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven Railroad) leases the Old Colony Railroad. March 2 – The US Railroad Safety Appliance Act is enacted, mandating that all cars in interchange service be equipped with air brakes, automatic couplers and grab irons. April events April 17 – Central Station opened in Chicago in anticipation for the upcoming World's Columbian Exposition.8–9Condit Carl W. Carl W. Condit 1964 'The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875–1925 University of Chicago Press 962969691 https://archive.org/details/chicagoschoolofa0000cond registration 9 April 22 – The John Bull arrives in Chicago, Illinois, for the World's Columbian Exposition after traveling under its own power from Jersey City, New Jersey.Association of American Railroads February 2005 http://www.aar.org/GetFile.asp?File_ID=163 Chronology of US Railroading PDF June 2, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051025190727/http://www.aar.org/GetFile.asp?File_ID=163 October 25, 2005 May events May 1 – The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson Park is opened to the public with the Intramural Railway, a 2.7-mile elevated third rail electric railroad system providing transportation throughout the fair grounds. A total of 72 motor and trailer coaches were assigned to the line all built by the Jackson and Sharp Company of Wilmington, Delaware. May 10 – New York Central locomotive number 999 pulls a passenger train between Batavia and Buffalo, New York, reaching 112.5 mph (181 km/h); this is the first time an American train breaks 100 mph (161 km/h). May 12 – Chicago's premier rapid transit line, the South Side Elevated Railway, is extended to the World's Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. June events thumb|200px|right|Wengernalpbahn June 20 – The Wengernalpbahn mountain railway in Wengen, Switzerland (Canton of Bern) is opened. June 22 – Robert S. Lovett succeeds Leland Stanford as the president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, after Stanford's death. The Chairmanship position vacated by Stanford remains vacant for another 16 years. July events July 1 – William Mackenzie purchases the Toronto and Mimico Creek Railway.http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/Radial%20&%20Railway%20History.htm Radial Railway History July 7, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20071020195857/http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/Radial%20%26%20Railway%20History.htm October 20, 2007 dead mdy-all July 10 – The Toronto and Mimico Creek Railway is extended to Mimico Creek. July 29 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opens La Grande Station in Los Angeles.Brehm, Qathryn Los Angeles Downtown Arts District: History http://www.ladad.com/EarlyHistory.htm May 12, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060518142534/http://www.ladad.com/EarlyHistory.htm May 18, 2006 live thumb|150px|right|Manx Electric August events August 12 – The Llantrisant rail accident in Wales kills 13 people. September events thumb|right|250px|Lake Street Elevated September 7 – First part of Douglas & Laxey Coast Electric Tramway, a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge interurban (later the Manx Electric Railway), opens on the Isle of Man.July 2025 September 18 – The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway opens between Ottawa and Arnprior. October events October 20 – Brayton Ives succeeds Thomas Fletcher Oakes as president of Northern Pacific Railway.Busbey, T. Addison The Biographical Directory of Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1896 Chicago, Illinois Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader 1896 244 November events November 6 – The Lake Street Elevated Railroad, Chicago's second rapid transit line, is opened for service between Madison & Wacker and California Avenue. The road originally used 35 0-4-4T Forney locomotives built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works and 125 trailer coaches built by Gilbert Car Company and Pullman Car Company. thumb|right|250px|Galera railway station – world's highest in 1893 November 14 – The Central Railway of Peru opens the section of line from Chicla across the Andes watershed to Oroya, with a summit level at Galera of 4781 m (15,686 feet) above sea level.October 2016 December events December 6 – The John Bull leaves the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, under its own power, headed toward Washington, DC, for its return to the Smithsonian Institution. December 18 – The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway opens an extension of the railway from Arnprior to Eganville, Ontario.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages December 12, 2005 http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history December 18, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051217033754/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm December 17, 2005 dead mdy December 22 – The John Bull arrives back in Washington, DC, after traveling under its own power from Chicago, Illinois. December 23 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway enters receivership three days after the railroad's chairman died. Unknown date events Eugene V. Debs organizes the first industrial union in the United States, the American Railway Union (ARU). Jacob S. Rogers, son of company founder Thomas Rogers, resigns from the presidency of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works; the company's former treasurer becomes president and reorganizes the company as Rogers Locomotive Company. Jewett Car Company is founded in Jewett, Ohio; it will become a major supplier of interurban cars and trolleys. Births November births November 5 – Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1 (d. 1986). Deaths January deaths January 27 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives (b. 1820).https://steamindex.com/people/contengr.htm#belpaire Continental engineers Belpaire, Alfred 7 June 2018 30 March 2024 steamindex.com March deaths March 24 – John Taylor Johnston, president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1848–1877 (b. 1820). June deaths June 21 – Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (b. 1824) December deaths December 20 – George C. Magoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s (b. 1840). Unknown date deaths Allen Manvel, eleventh president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1837). Walter McQueen, Chief mechanical engineer for the Albany and Schenectady Railroad 1845–1850, Hudson River Railroad 1850–1852, and superintendent of Schenectady Locomotive Works 1852–1876 (b. 1817). Notes References Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 18, 2005. Waters, Lawrence Leslie 1950 Steel Trails to Santa Fe University of Kansas Press Lawrence, Kansas