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1889 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1889.

Events

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January events

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1889 advertising for Orient Express

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May events

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June events

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July events

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September events

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October events

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November events

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December events

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  • December 28 – The first interurban tram-train to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.[9]

Unknown date events

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Births

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Unknown date births

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Deaths

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October deaths

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November deaths

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December deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Railroad History Timeline – 1889". RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  2. ^ Currie, J. R. L. (1971). The Runaway Train – Armagh (1889). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5198-2.
  3. ^ it:Ferrovia Cumana #Storia (Italian language) Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Blakeslee, Philip C. "A Brief History – Lines west of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co". Retrieved July 7, 2005.
  5. ^ Ortner, H.M. (2007). "Die Steyrtalbahn". Die schmale Spur. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  6. ^ Great Northern Railway Historical Society. "GN History". Archived from the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
  7. ^ Harvey, J. Y. (February–March 1968). "The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway". Australian Railway History: 25–48, 63–71.
  8. ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. p. 30. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
  9. ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. p. 9.
  10. ^ Martin, Terry (2010). The Iron Sherpa, vol. 2. Chester: RailRomances. ISBN 978-1-900622-12-7.
  11. ^ "Ajalugu" (in Estonian). Eesti Raudtee. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  12. ^ "Short and Significant: Santa Fe's Fred Gurley dies at 87". Railway Age. 177 (13): 8. July 26, 1976.
  13. ^ Steamindex (September 24, 2004). "Sir Daniel Gooch". Retrieved February 9, 2005.
  14. ^ Brooks, Edward C. (1996). Sir Samuel Morton Peto Bt: eminent Victorian, railway entrepreneur, country squire, MP. Bury Clerical Society. ISBN 0-9502988-4-0.
  15. ^ "Death of Franklin B. Gowen". Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved March 2, 2005.