1882 In Rail Transport

Events

January events

• January 9 - The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
• January 12 - The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, arrives in Dayton.

March events

• March 6 - Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio.

October events

• October 16 - The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
• October 25 - The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William Vanderbilt for $7.2 million.

Unknown date events

• William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway.
• Minerva Car Works, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Minerva, Ohio.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• John Cooke, superintendent of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and founder of Cooke Locomotive Works (b. 1824).
• John P. Laird, Scottish engineer who designed and patented the two-wheel equalized leading truck for steam locomotives (b. 1826).

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