1889 in rail transport: Encyclopedia II - 1889 in rail transport - Events

1889 in rail transport - Events

1889 in rail transport - January events

• January 16 - The Mito Railway between Mito and Oyama, Japan, begins passenger train operations.

1889 in rail transport - June events

• June 12 - The Armagh rail disaster occurs near Armagh, Northern Ireland; runaway carriages collided with an oncoming train, killing 88, and spurring the UK Parliament to pass the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, mandating improved brake and signal systems.
• June 30 - The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad) is formed through the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company and the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.

1889 in rail transport - July events

• July 9 - The Housatonic Railroad leases the New Haven and Derby Railroad. [1]
• July 17 - The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad, in Colorado, is sold from receivership to the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway.

1889 in rail transport - September events

• September 18 - The Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad is reorganized as the Great Northern Railway.

1889 in rail transport - Unknown date events

• Sir William Cornelius Van Horne succeeds George Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
• Amsterdam's Centraal Station, designed by P. J. H. Cuypers and Al Van Gendt, opens.

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