1874 in rail transport

Events

January events

May events

June events

July events

September events

  • September 10 – Norwich (Norfolk), United Kingdom: 25 people were killed when a communication error caused a mail train and an express passenger train to meet in a head-on collision on a single-line section. The accident led directly to the introduction of automatic control systems to manage traffic on single-track railways.
  • September 14 – A franchise for the extension of the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Old River Station, in Los Angeles, California, is approved.[4]
  • September 23 – East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania operates its first revenue trains.

October events

  • October 23 – The first trains operate on the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, making it the first narrow gauge railroad to operate in California.[5]
  • October 26 – Grand Trunk Railway converts all 546 miles (879 km) of its track east of Montreal to Portland, Maine from 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm) Portland gauge to 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.[6]

November events

Unknown date events

Deaths

March deaths

  • March 27 – Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (b. 1810).

May deaths

June deaths

References

  • Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
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  2. DeLony, Eric. "Context for World Heritage Bridges". International Council on Monuments and Sites. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
  3. Vallance, H. A. (1963). The Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles.
  4. Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. "The street railway history of Los Angeles". Archived from the original on 6 September 2005. Retrieved 2005-09-13.
  5. Monterey County Historical Society (2006). "The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad". Archived from the original on 12 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  6. "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-09-15. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  7. U.S. Government Printing Office (1979). "The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System". Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-28.
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