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1875 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1875.

Events

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January events

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February events

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March events

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April events

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June events

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  • June 1 – Bristol and Exeter Railway in England completes installation of a third rail on its line between Bristol and Taunton, allowing it to operate 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) gauge trains over the line.
  • June – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad purchases the line between Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas.[4]

July events

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August events

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September events

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November events

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December events

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Unknown date events

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Births

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May births

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September births

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Deaths

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January deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Dickinson, A. Bray (1974). Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods. Trans-Anglo Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-87046-010-4.
  2. ^ Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, The Street Railway History of Los Angeles. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
  3. ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
  4. ^ a b Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
  5. ^ Johnson, Ron. Maine Central R.R. Mountain Division. 470 Railroad Club. p. 24.
  6. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 23, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 30, 2005.
  7. ^ The Railway Year Book 1912, Railway Publishing Company, London.
  8. ^ Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). Terijoki.spb.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  9. ^ Borden, Stanley T. (1966). Caspar Lumber Company. San Mateo, California: The Western Railroader.
  10. ^ William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005.