1893 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1893.

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Liverpool Overhead

January events

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February events

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  • February 4 – Official opening of main section of Liverpool Overhead Railway, the first electrified suburban line in Britain, and the first (third rail) electrified overhead railway in the world.
  • February 23 – Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.

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April events

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May events

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June events

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Wengernalpbahn

July events

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Manx Electric

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September events

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Lake Street Elevated

October events

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November events

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Galera railway station – world's highest in 1893

December events

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Unknown date events

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Births

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November births

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Deaths

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January deaths

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March deaths

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June deaths

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December deaths

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Unknown date deaths

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References

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  • Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
  • Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
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