This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1891. 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Years in rail transport include: 1800 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1890. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1892. ... Trains can travel at very high speed, are heavy, are unable to deviate from the track and require a great distance to stop. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

April events

• April 19 - a fatal collision in Kipton, Ohio between a freight train and a passenger train, attributed to a faulty engineer's pocket watch which stopped for 4 minutes. This accident will become the impetus for the adoption of new quality standards for railroad chronometers in 1893.

April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Kipton is a village located in Lorain County, Ohio. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... The pocket watch was invented by Peter Henlein in 1510. ... Railroad chronometers (railroaders watches) were critical to the safe and correct operation of trains in the United States. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

September events

• September 14 - New York Central stages the record breaking run of the Empire State Express between New York City and Buffalo, New York; the train makes the 436 mile (702 km) journey in just 7 hours 6 minutes, an average speed of nearly 65 mph (105 km/h).

September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity and with the AAR reporting mark of NYC, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York Buffalo is an American city in western New York. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...

November events

• November 30 - John D. Spreckels incorporates the San Diego Electric Railway Company.

December events November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... The San Diego Electric Railway Company (SDERy) was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars and (in later years) buses. ...

• December 4 - Great East Thompson Train Wreck: Four train collide in East Thompson, Connecticut. One of the most extensive rail disasters in American history, yet only three people are killed.

December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great East Thompson Train Wreck was a large rail disaster which occurred in East Thompson, Connecticut, on December 4, 1891. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official language(s) English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ...

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.
• The Busk Tunnel Railway Company completes construction of Colorado Midland's Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, which will soon replace the Hagerman Tunnel in Colorado.

A Heisler locomotive The Heisler locomotive was the last on the scene of the three major types of geared steam locomotive, Charles L. Heisler receiving a patent for the design in 1892 following the construction of a prototype in 1891. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Trans-Siberian line in red; Baikal Amur Mainline in green. ... The Colorado Midland Railway, incorporated in 1883, was the first standard gauge railroad built over the Continental Divide in Colorado. ... Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel was a 9,394 ft (2,863 m) long railroad tunnel at an elevation of 10,953 ft (3,338 m) in Colorado. ... Hagerman Tunnel was a 2,161 ft (659 m) railroad tunnel crossing the Continental Divide in Colorado at an altitude of 11,528 ft (3,514 m). ... State nickname: The Centennial State Other U.S. States Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens (R) Senators Wayne Allard (R) Ken Salazar (D) Official language(s) English Area 269,837 km² (8th)  - Land 268,879 km²  - Water 962 km² (0. ...

Births

Deaths

August deaths

• August 27 - Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868 (b. 1816).

August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

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).

Moncure Robinson (1802-1891) was a European-trained civil engineer and U.S. railroad building pioneer. ... 1856 map The Chesterfield Railroad was located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. ... 1884 map of the Pennsylvania, Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroads The Reading Railroad (AAR reporting mark RDG), officially known as the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states. ... The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (AAR reporting mark RFP) was a railroad connecting Richmond, Virginia to Washington, DC. It is now a portion of the CSX Transportation system. ... --69. ...

References

• Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-019-3.
• Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: September. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
• Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.