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This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1889.
Events
January events
1889 advertising for
Orient Express
March events
May events
June events
June 1 – The first direct
Orient Express is operated from Paris to
Constantinople .
June 12 – The
Armagh rail disaster occurs near
Armagh , Ireland: runaway carriages collide with an oncoming train, killing 80, and spurring the
Parliament of the United Kingdom to pass the
Regulation of Railways Act 1889 , mandating improved brake and signal systems.
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June 30 – The
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad) is formed through the merger of the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company , the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company and the
Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway Company .
July events
August events
September events
October events
November events
December events
December 28 – The first
interurban
tram-train to emerge in the United States is the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.
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Unknown date events
Births
Unknown date births
Deaths
October deaths
November deaths
December deaths
References
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"Railroad History Timeline – 1889" . RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum . Archived from
the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2010 .
^ Currie, J. R. L. (1971). The Runaway Train – Armagh (1889) . Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
ISBN
0-7153-5198-2 .
^
it:Ferrovia Cumana #Storia (Italian language) Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ Blakeslee, Philip C.
"A Brief History – Lines west of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co" . Retrieved July 7, 2005 .
^ Ortner, H.M. (2007).
"Die Steyrtalbahn" . Die schmale Spur . Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
^ Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
"GN History" . Archived from
the original on September 24, 2005. Retrieved September 18, 2005 .
^ Harvey, J. Y. (February–March 1968). "The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway".
Australian Railway History : 25–48, 63–71.
^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific . Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. p. 30.
ISBN
0-88418-000-X .
^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000). The Electric Interurban Railways in America . Stanford University Press. p. 9.
^ Martin, Terry (2010). The Iron Sherpa, vol. 2 . Chester: RailRomances.
ISBN
978-1-900622-12-7 .
^
"Ajalugu" (in Estonian).
Eesti Raudtee . Archived from
the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2012 .
^ "Short and Significant: Santa Fe's Fred Gurley dies at 87". Railway Age . 177 (13): 8. July 26, 1976.
^ Steamindex (September 24, 2004).
"Sir Daniel Gooch" . Retrieved February 9, 2005 .
^ Brooks, Edward C. (1996). Sir Samuel Morton Peto Bt: eminent Victorian, railway entrepreneur, country squire, MP . Bury Clerical Society.
ISBN
0-9502988-4-0 .
^
"Death of Franklin B. Gowen" . Archived from
the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved March 2, 2005 .