1876 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1876.
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Events
March events
- March 1 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Pueblo, Colorado.
October events
- October 16 - The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway.
September events
- September 1 - The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- September 5 - The first through train from San Francisco, California, arrives in Los Angeles, California, after travelling over the Southern Pacific Railroad's newly completed Tehachapi Loop.
December events
- December 29 - Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States: The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Train No. 5, The Pacific Express, collapsed the Ashtabula River bridge dropping eleven passenger cars into a fire started by the car stoves. Of the 159 people onboard, 64 were injured and 92 were killed, the worst train disaster in America to date.
Unknown date events
- The South Devon Railway, in England, is acquired by the Great Western Railway.
- Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Births
May births
- May 27 - William Stanier, Chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932–1944 (d. 1965).
June births
- June 19 - Nigel Gresley, Chief mechanical engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway 1923–1941 (d. 1941).
Deaths
References
- Gibson, Elizabeth (July 16 2002), The Old West - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (Part 1). Retrieved May 13 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- (December 9 2004), Sir Nigel Gresley. Retrieved February 9 2005.
