1885 In Rail Transport

Events

February events

• February 17 - The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad are combined under a single holding company, the Southern Pacific Company.

April events

• April 1 - The Southern Pacific Railroad takes over operations of the Central Pacific Railroad.

November events

• November 7 - Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.

Unknown date events

• Cornelius Vanderbilt II is promoted to president of the New York Central system.

Births

Deaths

July deaths

• July 31 - Robert F. Fairlie, English steam locomotive builder (b. 1831).

December deaths

• December 8 - William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1821).

Unknown date deaths

• John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad who pioneered the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (b. 1795).

References

• Robert Francis Fairlie. Retrieved February 9 2005.

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
1869 in rail transport ie 201 class red point saejae sinmun king seongjong of goryeo humanity's team 1862 in rail transport nir 1 class park in won fort dayton mersin province	thunder bay national marine sanctuary reader (minor orders) jeong gyu hwa 1863 in rail transport blu ray disc association split rock (bronx, new york) brown lemur ardbeg in the house (tv) 1864 in rail transport frederick c. beiser	killer bees (game) young liberals of canada (manitoba) 1868 in rail transport nasser hejazi piazza del duomo all free dictionaries project ftps elias dayton 1904 in rail transport camp marlboro safdar hosseini	chavin afterglow live hamon crowley uss puffer jonathan d. katz wtda james burnell nugent gilbert (lunar crater) lighttpd astroarcheology lloyd in space