1887 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1887.
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Events
Unknown date events
- The Interstate Commerce Act in the United States creates the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the prices for hauling freight on American railraods.
- Reuben Wells is appointed as shop superintendent of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.
- Stuyvesant Fish becomes president of the Illinois Central.
Births
September births
- September 5 – Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944–1945 (d. 1945).
Deaths
April deaths
- April 20 – Horatio G. Brooks, founder of Brooks Locomotive Works (b. 1828).
August deaths
- August 14 – Aaron Augustus Sargent, American journalist, lawyer and politician; authored the first Pacific Railroad Act (b. 1827)
References
- Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, STW historical figures / Horatio Brooks. Retrieved February 9 2005.
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