Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1874.

Events

January events

May events

June events

July events

September events

October events

  • October 23 – The first trains operate on the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, making it the first narrow gauge railroad to operate in California.[5]
  • October 26 – Grand Trunk Railway converts all 546 miles (879 km) of its track east of Montreal to Portland, Maine from 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm) Portland gauge to 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.[6]

November events

Unknown date events

Deaths

March deaths

  • March 27 – Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (b. 1810).

May deaths

June deaths

References

  • Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  1. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-15.
  2. DeLony, Eric. "Context for World Heritage Bridges". International Council on Monuments and Sites. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
  3. Vallance, H. A. (1963). The Highland Railway. Dawlish: David & Charles.
  4. Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. "The street railway history of Los Angeles". Archived from the original on 6 September 2005. Retrieved 2005-09-13.
  5. Monterey County Historical Society (2006). "The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad". Archived from the original on 12 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  6. "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-09-15. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  7. U.S. Government Printing Office (1979). "The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System". Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-28.
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