1882 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1882.

Events

January events

• January 9 – The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
• January 12 – The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, arrives in Dayton.

March events

• March 6 – Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio.

October events

• October 16 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
• October 25 – The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William Vanderbilt for $7.2 million.

Unknown date events

• William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway.
• Minerva Car Works, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Minerva, Ohio.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• John Cooke, superintendent of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and founder of Cooke Locomotive Works (b. 1824).
• John P. Laird, Scottish engineer who designed and patented the two-wheel equalized leading truck for steam locomotives (b. 1826).

References

• 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.