1887 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1887.

Events

Unknown date events

• The Interstate Commerce Act in the United States creates the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the prices for hauling freight on American railraods.
• Reuben Wells is appointed as shop superintendent of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

Births

September births

• September 5 - Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944–1945 (d. 1945).

Deaths

August deaths

• August 14 - Aaron Augustus Sargent, American journalist, lawyer and politician; authored the first Pacific Railroad Act (b. 1827)