1871 in rail transport explained
Events
February events
June events
July events
August events
- August 26 – The Eastern Railroad An express train crashes into the rear of a local at the tiny Revere station, killing 29 and injuring 57. Either a station-to-station telegraph system, or the Westinghouse air braking system, could have prevented this accident. Public outrage, lawsuits and regulations after this crash finally forces most railroads in America to install both.
September events
October events
November events
Unknown date events
Births
October births
- October 7 – Robert Whitelegg, locomotive superintendent for London, Tilbury & Southend Railway 1910–1912, and for Glasgow & South Western Railway 1918–1923, general manager of Beyer, Peacock & Company 1923–1929 (d. 1957).
Deaths
September deaths
October deaths
November deaths
December deaths
- December 14 – George Hudson, English railway financier, "The Railway King" (b. 1800).[7]
Bibliography
- Blakeslee, Philip C., A Brief History Lines West Of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
- Book: Lane, Samuel A.. Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio. Beacon Job Dept.. 1892.
- "Narrow Gauge Through the Bush – Ontario's Toronto Grey and Bruce and Toronto and Nipissing Railways"; Rod Clarke; pub. Beaumont and Clarke, with the Credit Valley Railway Company, Streetsville, Ontario, 2007.
- "The Narrow Gauge For Us – The Story of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway"; Charles Cooper; pub. The Boston Mills Press; Erin, Ontario, 1982.
- "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee; pub. Railfair, Montreal, 1972.
- "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee, expanded and revised by Ronald S Ritchie; pub. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, 2005.
- Book: Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs of Ohio for the Year Ending June 30, 1882. Columbus, Ohio. Myers Brothers, State Printers. 1883. 2027/uc1.b2896936.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 10, 2005.
- (July 5, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
Notes and References
- Book: Quinlan, Howard. Australian Railway Routes 1854–2000. Newland, John R. Australian Railway Historical Society New South Wales Division. 2001. 0-909650-49-7.
- Book: Maine Central Railroad Company . Peters, Bradley L. . Maine Central Railroad . 1976 . 7&8.
- Web site: Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги). Chepurin. Sergey. Arkady Nikolayenko. May 2007. Terijoki.spb.ru/. ru. 2009-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106224836/http://terijoki.spb.ru/railway/rw_dir_sestr.php. 2009-01-06. live.
- An Old SLM Locomotive. Rodney. Weaver. Industrial Railway Record. 60. June 1975. 2019-09-17.
- Eastern Argus Portland Maine September 6, 1871
- Book: Marshall, John . John Marshall (railway historian) . A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers . 1978 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-7489-3. 24.
- Book: Peacock, A. J.. George Hudson 1800–1971: the Railway King, vol. 2. author. York. 1989. 0-9513280-2-6.