1880 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1880.
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Events
March events
- March 20 – The first Southern Pacific Railroad train reaches Tucson, Arizona.
- March 20 – The Miami Valley Railway is sold from receivership to the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington railway.
June events
- June 8 – The Miami Valley Railway is reincorporated as the Cincinnati Northern Railway.
Unknown date events
- Eugene V. Debs becomes the Grand Secretary of American labor organization Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
- The Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company is chartered as a holding company to acquire railroads that the Richmond and Danville Railroad itself couldn't.
- Alonzo C. Mather forms the Mather Stock Car Company to build stock cars of his own design.
Births
Deaths
References
- Railroad History Timeline 1880. Retrieved March 23 2005.
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