Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1871.

Events

Haasis & Lubrecht, American Union Railroad Map, 1871

February events

June events

July events

Toronto & Nipissing Fairlie 0-6-6-0 No. 9 Shedden built in England by Avonside of Bristol, 1871

August events

Fréjus Tunnel entrance from Italian side (Bardonecchia)
  • August 26 – The Eastern Railroad An express train crashes into the rear of a local at the tiny Revere station, killing 29 and injuring 57. Either a station-to-station telegraph system, or the Westinghouse air braking system, could have prevented this accident. Public outrage, lawsuits and regulations after this crash finally forces most railroads in America to install both.

September events

October events

November events

Unknown date events

Accidents

Births

October births

Deaths

September deaths

October deaths

November deaths

December deaths

  • December 14 – George Hudson, English railway financier, "The Railway King" (b. 1800).[9]

Citations

  1. Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John R (2001). Australian Railway Routes 1854–2000. Australian Railway Historical Society New South Wales Division. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
  2. Lane 1892, p. 631.
  3. Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs 1883, p. 375.
  4. 1 2 Peters, Bradley L. (1976). Maine Central Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad. pp. 7&8.
  5. Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). Terijoki.spb.ru/. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  6. Weaver, Rodney (June 1975). "An Old SLM Locomotive". Industrial Railway Record (60). Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  7. Eastern Argus Portland Maine September 6, 1871
  8. Marshall, John (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 24. ISBN 0-7153-7489-3.
  9. Peacock, A. J. (1989). George Hudson 1800–1971: the Railway King, vol. 2. York: author. ISBN 0-9513280-2-6.

Bibliography

  • Blakeslee, Philip C., A Brief History Lines West Of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
  • Lane, Samuel A. (1892). Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Dept.
  • "Narrow Gauge Through the Bush – Ontario's Toronto Grey and Bruce and Toronto and Nipissing Railways"; Rod Clarke; pub. Beaumont and Clarke, with the Credit Valley Railway Company, Streetsville, Ontario, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9784406-0-2
  • "The Narrow Gauge For Us – The Story of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway"; Charles Cooper; pub. The Boston Mills Press; Erin, Ontario, 1982.
  • "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee; pub. Railfair, Montreal, 1972.
  • "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada"; Omer Lavallee, expanded and revised by Ronald S Ritchie; pub. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, 2005.
  • Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (1883). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs of Ohio for the Year Ending June 30, 1882. Columbus, Ohio: Myers Brothers, State Printers. hdl:2027/uc1.b2896936.
  • (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 10, 2005.
  • (July 5, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
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