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1881 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1881.

Events

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January events

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February events

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April events

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June events

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July events

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A tight loop (Agony Point) on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

August events

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October events

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  • October 17 – First section of Royal Saxon State Railways narrow gauge railway (750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) gauge) opens, between Wilkau and Kirchberg in the German Empire.
  • October 20 – First section of Barbados Railway opens on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge between Bridgetown and Carrington.

Unknown date events

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Births

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March births

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October births

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December births

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Deaths

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May deaths

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October deaths

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Unknown date deaths

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References

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  • Churcher, Colin (21 May 2005). "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2005.
  • Glenbow Museum (2005). "This week in Canadian history". Archived from the original on 2005-06-24. Retrieved 27 May 2005.
  • Kansas City Southern Historical Society. "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Retrieved 15 August 2005.
  • Newcomb, Kenneth W. "The Makers of the Mold". Archived from the original on 2005-03-13. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College (2004). "20th century great American business leaders – Martin W. Clement". Archived from the original on 2005-02-05. Retrieved 23 February 2005.
  • Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally.
  • White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154 (154). Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 9–15. JSTOR 43523785.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  1. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (January 8, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
  2. ^ "The Siemens tram from past to present" (PDF). Siemens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  3. ^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers (2nd ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.