1897
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By month
January
- January 18 – Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad files articles of consolidation in Pennsylvania as the result of a merger organized the previous month.[1]
- January 19 – Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad files articles of consolidation in Ohio as the company did in Pennsylvania the day before.[1]
- January 19 – The Glasgow Subway reopens after cleanup from an accident that occurred on the system's opening day the previous December.[2]
- January 22 – The McCloud River Railroad near Mount Shasta, California, is chartered.
February
- February 12 – The Citizens Traction Company, a predecessor of the San Diego Electric Railway in California, enters receivership.
December
- December 27 – The first train is operated on the Randsburg Railway between Kramer and Johannesburg, California.[3]
Unknown date
- The Schneebergbahn, a rack railway connecting Puchberg in Lower Austria up to a pleateau beneath the Schneeberg, opens.
- The GNR Class J13 designed by Henry Ivatt are introduced based on the earlier domeless GNR Class J14.
- The Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway becomes part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (1902-12-31) “1860's”, Ohio Railway Report: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
- ↑ Irlam, Michael J.. A Scottish District Subway. Mike's Railway History. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
- ↑ Randsburg Railway - History. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
