1884 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1884.

Events

February events

• February 22 - Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 1,000th new steam locomotive.

March events

• March 17 - The Southern Pacific Railroad is incorporated in Kentucky.

Unknown date events

• The Smithsonian Institution acquires the John Bull from the Pennsylvania Railroad as the museum's first example of railroad technology.

Births

July births

• July 6 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central railroad system (d. 1970).

December births

• December 9 - Ernest Lemon, Chief Mechanical Engineer (1931–1932) and later Vice President for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (d. 1954).

Deaths