1886 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1886.
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Events
May events
- May - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway takes control of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
August events
- August 17 - The 7 mile (11.3 km) long Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad is incorporated in Ottawa County, Ohio.
September events
- September 9 - The rail connection to Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, is completed by a a predecessor of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway.
October events
- October 18 - Between 5:00 AM and 6:00 PM, the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad, a predecessor of the Cotton Belt Railroad, converts 418 miles (673 km) of track from narrow gauge to standard gauge.
Unknown date events
- The first refrigerator cars on the Southern Pacific Railroad enter operation.
- The Southern Pacific Railroad wins the landmark Supreme Court case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad which establishes equal rights under the law to corporations.
Births
May births
- May 4 - Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (d. 1976).
Unknown date births
- W. Graham Claytor, president of Southern Railway (d. 1971).
Deaths
Unknown date deaths
- David Levy Yulee, Florida railroad executive (b. 1810).
References
- Clowes, J. A.; Railways of Canada Archives (1999), Eastern New Brunswick's Railway History. Retrieved September 8 2005.
- Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, history of the railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 18 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
