1885 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1885.
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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.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.