1881, 1882, 1883

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This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1882.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 March events 1.3 October events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown date deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 9 - The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
• January 12 - The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, arrives in Dayton.

March events

• March 6 - Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio.

October events

• October 16 - The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
• October 25 - The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William Vanderbilt for $7.2 million.

Unknown date events

• William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway.

Births

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• John Cooke, superintendent of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and founder of Cooke Locomotive Works (b. 1824).

References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.

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