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===January events===
===January events===
* January 10 – The [[Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway]] enters [[bankrupt]]cy and is sold at [[foreclosure]].
* January 10 – The [[Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway]] enters [[bankrupt]]cy and is sold at [[foreclosure]].
* January 12 – The second [[transcontinental railroad]] line in North America is completed as the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] tracks from [[Los Angeles, California]], meet the [[Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio]] at the [[Pecos River]]. The golden spike is driven by [[Col. Tom Pierce]], the GH&SA president, atop the [[Pecos River High Bridge]]
* January 12 – The second [[transcontinental railroad]] line in North America is completed as the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] tracks from [[Los Angeles, California]], meet the [[Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio]] at the [[Pecos River]]. The golden spike is driven by [[Col. Tom Pierce]], the GH&SA president.
* January 29 &ndash; [[Narrow gauge]] [[Bridgton and Saco River Railroad]] opens to [[Bridgton, Maine]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Two Feet to the Lakes |author=Jones, Robert C. |publisher=Pacific Fast Mail |year=1993 |isbn=0-915713-26-8 |page=31}}</ref>
* January 29 &ndash; [[Narrow gauge]] [[Bridgton and Saco River Railroad]] opens to [[Bridgton, Maine]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Two Feet to the Lakes |author=Jones, Robert C. |publisher=Pacific Fast Mail |year=1993 |isbn=0-915713-26-8 |page=31}}</ref>



Revision as of 21:01, 23 December 2016

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1883.

Events

January events

February events

March events

May events

June events

August events

September events

October events

November events

Unknown date events

Experimental electric locomotive Ampère, built by Leo Daft in 1883

Births

January births

December births

Deaths

January deaths

July deaths

October deaths

Unknown date deaths

References

  • Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History - January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.
  • Depew, Chauncey M. My Memories of Eighty Years. Retrieved February 23, 2005.
  • Franklin Gowen. Retrieved March 2, 2005.
  • Left, Sarah, The Guardian Unlimited (January 15, 2002), Key dates in Britain's railway history. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
  • Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: August. Retrieved August 16, 2005.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  1. ^ Jones, Robert C. (1993). Two Feet to the Lakes. Pacific Fast Mail. p. 31. ISBN 0-915713-26-8.
  2. ^ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium. Huntington Beach, CA: Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
  3. ^ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: March". Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally.
  5. ^ a b Duke, Donald; Kistler, Stan (1963). Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-87095-009-6.
  6. ^ a b Waters, Lawrence L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 43–44.
  7. ^ Jones, Robert C. (1998). Two Feet to the Quarries. Evergreen Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-9667264-0-5.
  8. ^ Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-87095-101-7.
  9. ^ Gillham, J. C. (1988). The Age of the Electric Train: Electric Trains in Britain since 1883. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
  10. ^ NY Times Archive - October 10, 1883 "Railway Time Belt William (Frederick) Allen" - Retrieved April 5, 2009
  11. ^ "Electricity – the Magic Medium" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  12. ^ "Ginery Twichell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2005-07-15.