1874 in rail transport explained
Events
January events
May events
June events
July events
September events
- September 10 – Thorpe rail accident near Norwich (Norfolk) in England: 25 people are killed when a communication error causes a mail train and an express passenger train to meet in a head-on collision on a single-line section. The accident leads directly to the adoption of automatic control systems to manage traffic on single-track railways.
- September 14 – A franchise for the extension of the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Old River Station, in Los Angeles, California, is approved.[4]
- September 23 – East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania operates its first revenue trains.
October events
November events
Unknown date events
Deaths
March deaths
- March 27 – Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (b. 1810).
May deaths
June deaths
References
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- Book: White, John H. Jr.. 1968. A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. Dover Publications. New York. 0-486-23818-0.
Notes and References
- Web site: Erie Railroad presidents. 2005-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. 18 March 2005 . dead.
- Web site: DeLony. Eric. Context for World Heritage Bridges. International Council on Monuments and Sites. 2007-02-06. 9 June 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070609163211/http://www.icomos.org/studies/bridges.htm.
- Book: Vallance, H. A.. The Highland Railway. 1963. David & Charles. Dawlish.
- Web site: Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. The street railway history of Los Angeles. 2005-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20050906051156/http://erha.org/railwayhis.htm. 6 September 2005 . live.
- Web site: The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad . Monterey County Historical Society . 2006 . 2006-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061112101039/http://www.mchsmuseum.com/railroadm%26sv.html . 12 November 2006 . live .
- Web site: Significant dates in Canadian railway history . Colin Churcher's Railway Pages . 2006-09-15 . 2006-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061023182151/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm . 23 October 2006 . dead .
- Web site: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979. The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System. 2005-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20050407082631/http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/fishcar.Html. 7 April 2005. live.