This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1886.

Events

Unknown date events

• The first refrigerator cars on the Southern Pacific Railroad enter operation.
• The Southern Pacific Railroad wins the landmark Supreme Court case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad which establishes equal rights under the law to corporations.

Births

May births

• May 4 - Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (d. 1976).

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• David Levy Yulee, Florida railroad executive (b. 1810).