1889 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1889.

Events

June events

• June 12 – The Armagh rail disaster occurs near Armagh, Northern Ireland, spurring the UK Parliament to pass the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, mandating improved brake and signal systems.
• June 30 – The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad) is formed through the merger of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company and the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company.

Unknown date events

• Sir William Cornelius Van Horne succeeds George Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Births

Deaths

October deaths

• October 15 – Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway 1837–1864 (b. 1816).

December deaths

• December 13 – Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (b. 1836).

References

• (September 24 2004), Sir Daniel Gooch. Retrieved February 9 2005.
• Death of Franklin B. Gowen. Retrieved March 2 2005.