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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 .

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 ).

November events

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

December events

. It is one of the most extensive rail disasters in American history, yet only three people are killed.

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 .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

August deaths

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

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

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Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

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