1893 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1893.

Events

January events

• January – Under the direction of James J. Hill the third transcontinental railway in the United States is completed to the Pacific Northwest.
• January 2 – Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America. See Railroad chronometers

February events

• February 23 – Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.

March events

• March 2 – The US Railroad Safety Appliance Act is enacted, mandating that all cars in interchange service be equipped with air brakes, automatic couplers and grab irons.

April events

• April 22 – The John Bull arrives in Chicago, Illinois for the World Columbian Exposition after traveling under its own power from Jersey City, New Jersey.

June events

• June 22 – Robert Lovett succeeds Leland Stanford as the president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, after Stanford's death. The Chairmanship position vacated by Stanford remains vacant for another 16 years.

December events

• December 6 – The John Bull leaves the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois under its own power, headed toward Washington, DC for its return to the Smithsonian Institution.
• December 22 – The John Bull arrives back in Washington, DC after traveling under its own power from Chicago, Illinois.

Unknown date events

• Eugene V. Debs organizes the first industrial union in the United States, the American Railway Union (ARU).
• Jacob S. Rogers, son of company founder Thomas Rogers, resigns from the presidency of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works; the company's former treasurer becomes president and reorganizes the company as Rogers Locomotive Company.

Births

November births

• November 5 – Raymond Loewy, industrial designer who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad designing the shape of equipment such as the GG1.

Deaths

January deaths

• January 27 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives (b. 1820).

June deaths

• June 21 – Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California

Unknown date deaths

• Walter McQueen, Chief mechanical engineer for the Albany and Schenectady Railroad 1845–1850, Hudson River Railroad 1850–1852, and superintendent of Schenectady Locomotive Works 1852–1876 (b. 1817).

References

• Continental engineers. Retrieved February 9 2005.
• 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.