1891 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1891.

Events

November events

• November 30 – John D. Spreckels incorporates the San Diego Electric Railway Company (SDERy).

Unknown date events

• Charles L. Heisler builds a working prototype of what is to become the Heisler locomotive.
• Canadian Pacific Railway launches its trans-Pacific shipping route between Vancouver, British Columbia and Hong Kong.
• Construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (b. 1802).

References

• Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0–87095–019–3.