1876 In Rail Transport

Events

October events

• October 16 - The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway.

September events

• September 1 - The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• September 5 - The first through train from San Francisco, California, arrives in Los Angeles, California, after travelling over the Southern Pacific Railroad's newly completed Tehachapi Loop.

December events

• December 29 - The worst train disaster in America to date occurred in Ohio when a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger train fell into the Ashtabula River as the bridge collapsed under the train. See: Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster.

Unknown date events

• The South Devon Railway, in England, is acquired by the Great Western Railway.
• Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Births

May births

• May 27 - William Stanier, Chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932–1944 (d. 1965).

June births

• June 19 - Nigel Gresley, Chief mechanical engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway 1923–1941 (d. 1941).

Deaths

References

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