1876_in_rail_transport

1876 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1876.

Events

July – First railroad in China, the Woosung Road (or Woosung Railway), begins operation, connecting Shanghai and Woosung (now Baoshan District). The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge line was built by British interests (it was demolished in October 1877).^[3]^[4]

September 1 – The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
September 5 – The first through train from San Francisco, California, arrives in Los Angeles, California, after travelling over the Southern Pacific Railroad's newly completed Tehachapi Loop.

December 4 – The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is founded in Brussels.
December 29 – Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States: The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Train No. 5, The Pacific Express, collapses the Ashtabula River bridge dropping eleven passenger cars into a fire started by the car stoves. Of the 159 people onboard, 92 are killed and 64 injured, the worst train disaster in America to date.

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^ "The Woosung "Road"". Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
^ Pong, David (1973). "Confucian Patriotism and the Destruction of the Woosung Railway, 1877". Modern Asian Studies 7: 647–76.
^ "Sir Nigel Gresley" (December 9, 2004). Retrieved on 2005-02-09.
^ Marshall, John (2003). Biographical dictionary of Railway Engineers. Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-22-9.