1892 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1892.

Events

May events

• May 20 - The last broad gauge train runs on the Great Western Railway main line out of London's Paddington station.

Unknown date events

• Charles L. Heisler receives a patent for the Heisler locomotive.
• The Richmond and Danville Railroad enters receivership.

Births

Deaths

September deaths

• September 7 - Joseph R. Anderson, owner of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Tredegar Iron Works (b. 1813).

December deaths

• December 2 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (b. 1836).

Unknown date deaths

• Isaac Dripps, mechanical engineer for the Camden and Amboy Railroad who assembled the John Bull (b. 1810).

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.