1880 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1880.

Events

March events

• March 20 - The first Southern Pacific Railroad train reaches Tucson, Arizona.
• March 20 - The Miami Valley Railway is sold from receivership to the Toledo, Delphos and Burlington railway.

June events

• June 8 - The Miami Valley Railway is reincorporated as the Cincinnati Northern Railway.

Unknown date events

• Eugene V. Debs becomes the Grand Secretary of American labor organization Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
• The Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company is chartered as a holding company to acquire railroads that the Richmond and Danville Railroad itself couldn't.

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