1876 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1876.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 March events 1.2 October events 1.3 September events 1.4 December events 1.5 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 May births 2.2 June births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

March events

• March 1 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Pueblo, Colorado.

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 - Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States: The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Train No. 5, The Pacific Express, collapsed the Ashtabula River bridge dropping eleven passenger cars into a fire started by the car stoves. Of the 159 people onboard, 64 were injured and 92 were killed, the worst train disaster in America to date.

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

• Gibson, Elizabeth (July 16 2002), The Old West - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (Part 1) (http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old_west/93512). Retrieved May 13 2005.
• (December 9 2004), Sir Nigel Gresley (http://www.steamindex.com/people/gresley.htm). Retrieved February 9 2005.

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