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1880 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (424 words) |
 | This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1880. |
 | July 10 - The California Southern Railroad is organized to build a rail connection between San Diego and a connection with the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in California. |
 | Mexican President General Manuel González grants a rail concession to Albert Kinsey Owen to build the Chihuahua al Pacífico |
| Transport - Papua New Guinea - Australia railways 19th Century & 1914 on ... (3934 words) |
 | The object to the line being to facilitate the transport of ore and commercial products from the several mines and plantations in the vicinity and it is hoped that it will also be the means of further opening of the more outlying and remoter districts of Sogeri and Brown River. |
 | In 1917, rail was purchased for a railway on the wharf. |
 | Mail was unloaded from steamers and railed direct to the post office, where it was unloaded under the shelter of the verandah. |