1882 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1882.
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Events
January events
- January 9 - The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
- January 12 - The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, arrives in Dayton.
March events
- March 6 - Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio.
August events
- August 15 - The first California Southern Railway train from National City reaches Colton, California.
- August 23 - The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- August 24 - The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad leases the 97 mile (156 km) long Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.
September events
- September 1 - The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad begins operations over the leased Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.
October events
- October 16 - The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
- October 25 - The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William H. Vanderbilt for $7.2 million.
Unknown date events
- Spring - The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, later to become part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Albuquerque, New Mexico, reaches Canyon Diablo, Arizona.
- William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Minerva Car Works, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Minerva, Ohio.
Births
Deaths
Unknown date deaths
- John Cooke, superintendent of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and founder of Cooke Locomotive Works (b. 1824).
- John P. Laird, Scottish engineer who designed and patented the two-wheel equalized leading truck for steam locomotives (b. 1826).
References
- Dodge, Richard V. (November 15 1959), Perris and its Railroad: California Southern Railway history. Retrieved August 15 2005.
- (1913), History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved August 23 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - August. Retrieved August 22 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
