1889 in rail transport

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==Events==

=== January events ===
* January 16 – The [[Mito Line]] between [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]] and [[Oyama, Tochigi|Oyama]], Japan, begins passenger train operations.
* January 28 – The last [[passenger car (rail)|passenger car]] of a [[Chicago and North Western Railroad]] train derails and overturns and is then dragged over tree stumps near [[Elmwood, Iron County, Michigan|Elmwood, Michigan]]; Michigan's [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan|Lieutenant Governor]] and an acquaintance are killed in the accident.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1880s/TimeLine1889.htm| title=Railroad History Timeline – 1889| work=RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum| accessdate=January 28, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604033231/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1880s/TimeLine1889.htm| archive-date=June 4, 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Aff ciwl orient express4 jw.jpg|thumb|200px|1889 advertising for ''[[Orient Express]]'']]

=== March events ===
* March 25 – Inauguration of [[Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan)|Lansdowne Bridge]] over [[Indus River]] completes the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] through route between [[Karachi]] and [[Lahore]] in British India.

=== May events ===
* May 1 – Opening of [[Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge]] north of Sydney, Australia.

=== June events ===
* June 1 – The first direct ''[[Orient Express]]'' is operated from Paris to [[Constantinople]].
* June 12 – The [[Armagh rail disaster]] occurs near [[Armagh]], Ireland: runaway carriages collide with an oncoming train, killing 80, and spurring the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] to pass the [[Regulation of Railways Act 1889]], mandating improved brake and signal systems.<ref>{{cite book|last=Currie|first=J. R. L.|title=The Runaway Train – Armagh (1889)|year=1971|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-5198-2}}</ref>
* June 30 – The [[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] (the ''Big Four'' Railroad) is formed through the merger of the [[Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company]], the [[Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company]] and the [[Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company]].

=== July events ===
* July 1
** The railway between Tokyo and [[Kobe]], Japan (now known as the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]]) is completed.
** A first section of [[Cumana railway |Cumana Railway Line]], [[Naples]] to Patamia Spa route officially completed, and regular operation service to start in [[Campania|Campania Region]], [[Italy]].<ref>[[:it:Ferrovia Cumana #Storia]] (Italian language) Retrieved January 10, 2017.</ref>
* July 9 – The [[Housatonic Railroad]] leases the [[New Haven and Derby Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Blakeslee, Philip C.|url=http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere2.Html|title=A Brief History – Lines west of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.|accessdate=July 7, 2005}}</ref>
* July 17 – The [[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad]], in [[Colorado]], is sold from receivership to the [[Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway]].

=== August events ===
* August 3 – Opening of [[Hawarden Bridge]], Wales.
* August 20 – First section of [[Steyr Valley Railway]] in Upper Austria opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Die Steyrtalbahn|author=Ortner, H.M.|url=http://www.schmalspur-europa.at/schmalsp_34.htm|work=Die schmale Spur|year=2007|accessdate=2017-01-21}}</ref>

=== September events ===
* September 18 – The [[Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad]] is reorganized as the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Great Northern Railway Historical Society|url=http://www.gnrhs.org/gn_history.htm|title=GN History|accessdate=September 18, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924103645/http://www.gnrhs.org/gn_history.htm|archivedate=September 24, 2005|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* September 30 – Official opening of Palmerston to Pine Creek railway, first section of [[North Australia Railway]], from [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] to [[Birdum, Northern Territory]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway|author=Harvey, J. Y.|journal=[[Australian Railway History]]|date=February–March 1968|pages=25–48, 63–71}}</ref>

=== October events ===
* October 15 – [[Amsterdam]]'s [[Amsterdam Centraal station|Centraal Station]], designed by [[P. J. H. Cuypers]] and [[Al Van Gendt]], opens.

=== November events ===
* November 7 – [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] consolidates several of its subsidiary railroads in California into the [[Southern California Railway]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Serpico, Philip C.|title=Santa Fé Route to the Pacific|year=1988|publisher=Omni Publications|location=Palmdale, California|isbn=0-88418-000-X|page=30}}</ref>

=== December events ===
* December 28 – The first [[interurban]] [[tram-train]] to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.<ref>{{cite book|page=9|title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America|first1=George W.|last1=Hilton|first2=John F.|last2=Due|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2000}}</ref>

===Unknown date events===
* [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]] takes delivery of first four Class B locomotives from [[Sharp, Stewart and Company]] of [[Glasgow]]: the design will remain in service into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite book|first=Terry|last=Martin|title=The Iron Sherpa, vol. 2|location=Chester|publisher=RailRomances|year=2010|isbn=978-1-900622-12-7}}</ref>
* [[Riga]]–[[Pskov]] railway line connected with the [[Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway]] in [[Governorate of Livonia]], [[Russian Empire]] is opened for traffic.<ref name=estonia>{{cite web|title=Ajalugu|url=http://www.evr.ee/?id=31736&PHPSESSID=236c033efe38d1ee57cf233f127330cc|publisher=[[Eesti Raudtee]]|accessdate=23 April 2012|language=Estonian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095735/http://www.evr.ee/?id=31736&PHPSESSID=236c033efe38d1ee57cf233f127330cc|archive-date=September 23, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* First section of [[Luanda Railway]] opens in [[Portuguese Angola]].
* [[State Belt Railroad]] begins operations in [[San Francisco]].

==Births==

=== Unknown date births ===
* [[Fred Gurley]], president of [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] 1944–1957 (b. 1889, d. 1976).<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Railway Age|title=Short and Significant: Santa Fe's Fred Gurley dies at 87|date=July 26, 1976|pages=8|volume=177|issue=13}}</ref>

==Deaths==

===October deaths===
* October 15 – Sir [[Daniel Gooch]], [[Chief mechanical engineer]] of the [[Great Western Railway]] 1837–1864 (b. 1816).<ref>{{cite web|author=Steamindex|date=September 24, 2004|url=https://steamindex.com/people/gooch.htm|title=Sir Daniel Gooch|accessdate=February 9, 2005 }}</ref>

===November deaths===
* November 13 – [[Samuel Morton Peto]], English railway contractor (b. 1809).<ref>{{cite book|author=Brooks, Edward C.|title=Sir Samuel Morton Peto Bt: eminent Victorian, railway entrepreneur, country squire, MP|publisher=Bury Clerical Society|year=1996|isbn=0-9502988-4-0}}</ref>
* November 24 – [[George H. Pendleton]], president of [[Kentucky Central Railroad]] 1869-1879, dies (b. 1825).

===December deaths===
* December 13 – [[Franklin B. Gowen]], president of the [[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad]] 1866–1883 (b. 1836).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readinganthracite.com/death.htm |title=Death of Franklin B. Gowen |accessdate=2 March 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209082158/http://www.readinganthracite.com/death.htm |archivedate=February 9, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* December 20 – [[William Stroudley]], locomotive and carriage superintendent for [[Highland Railway]] 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]]'s Brighton Works 1870–1889, dies (b. 1833).

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