1887
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| Timelines: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Births: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Deaths: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Establishments: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Disestablishments: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Introductions: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Accidents: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
| Images: | 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 |
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[edit] By month
[edit] January
- January 1 – The Boston and Lowell Railroad, in New England, leases the lines that form the Passumpsic Division.
- January 6 – The narrow gauge Mason and Oceana Railroad opens between Buttersville and Crystal Valley, Michigan.[1]
[edit] March
- March 7 – The Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railway, a predecessor of the Kansas City Southern Railway, is incorporated in Missouri.[2]
[edit] November
- November 3 – Locaalspoorwegmaatschappij Hollands Noorderkwartier, the predecessor of Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik, opens.
[edit] Unknown date
- Tasmanian Government Railways extends the Derwent Valley Line, predecessor of the Derwent Valley Railway, 29 kilometers to Plenty.
- The Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway is chartered in Tennessee.
- Fleischmann is founded in Nuremburg.
[edit] References
- ↑ Railroad History Timeline - 1880's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Evolution of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. Kansas City Southern Historical Society (2002). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
