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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1896.
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Events
January events
- January 23 - Construction begins on the Northwestern Elevated line of the Chicago 'L' with the first structure erected at the intersection of Fullerton and Sheffield Avenues.[1]
February events
- February 14 - Northern Pacific Railway opens its Union Station in Portland, Oregon.
- February 24 - Erie Railroad purchases the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.[2]
March events
- March 20 - The Grand Trunk Railway purchases the Central Vermont Railway and begins operating it as a wholly owned subsidiary.
April events
- April 6 - The Snowdon Mountain Railway in North Wales, the only Abt rack system line in the British Isles, commences public operation; however, a derailment leading to one fatality causes services to be suspended for a year.[3]
May events
- May 9 - First Nord-Express Paris, France/Oostend, Belgium to St. Petersburg, Russia.
June events
- June 29 - The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company (predecessor of the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway) is incorporated.
July events
- July 23 - Delivery of world's first commercially-built oil-engined locomotive, from Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham, England to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London (18 in (457.2 mm) gauge).[4]
December events
- December 14 - Glasgow Subway, the third oldest metro system in the world, begins operations in Glasgow, Scotland.
- December 25 - Japanese National Railways opens two lines out of Tabata: an extension of the Tsuchiura Line from Tsuchiura, and the Sumidagawa Line to Sumidagawa.
Unknown date events
- The Green Bay and Western Railroad is formed from the bankruptcy proceedings of the Green Bay, Winona and Saint Paul Railroad.
- The Loup Creek & Deepwater Railway (predecessor of the Deepwater Railway) is formed.
- Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company begins building steam locomotives.
Births
Deaths
June deaths
- June 4 - Austin Corbin, president of Long Island Rail Road (b. 1827).
References
- ^ Chicago "L".org, Northwestern Elevated (1893-1924). Retrieved January 23, 2006.
- ^ Western New York Railroad Archive (December 17, 2005), Erie Railroad - History. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
- ^ Kardas, Handel (April 1997). "Britain's worst railway opening day – Ladas and the Snowdon Mountain Railway". Railway World 58 (683): 66–71.
- ^ Webb, Brian (1973). The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6115-5.
