Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1886.

Events

January events

February events

March events

  • March–September – Great Southwest Railroad Strike, a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers.[4]
  • March 30 – Executives from several railroad companies operating in the southern United States meet and agree to all regauge their railroads to standard gauge, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in), by June 1.[5]

May events

July events

  • July 8 – Russian emperor Alexander III establishes Railway Worker Day as a national holiday on the anniversary of the name day of Nikolai I, who first commissioned Russian railroad construction.[6]

August events

September events

October events

November events

Unknown date events

Births

May births

Unknown date births

Deaths

July deaths

December deaths

Unknown date deaths

References

  1. Mappen, Marc; Bilby, Joe (January 25, 2015). "Today in New Jersey history – January 25". H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. Gahan, John W. (1983). The Line Beneath the Liners – a hundred years of Mersey Railway sights and sounds. Birkenhead: Countyvise. ISBN 0-907768-40-7.
  3. "Corporate History: Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company". Truman Area Community Network, Inc. June 2, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  4. Allen, Rith A. (1942). The Great Southwest Strike. Austin: University of Texas.
  5. Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: March". Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
  6. "Railway Worker Day marked in Russia". ITAR-TASS. August 6, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
  7. "The Severn Tunnel". Severn Tales. Archived from the original on January 10, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  8. Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
  9. Marshall, John (2003). Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.
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