1892 in rail transport
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- Charles L. Heisler receives a patent for the Heisler locomotive.
- Klien-Lindner axle patented.
- Construction of first petrol-engined locomotive, designed by Gottlieb Daimler and built in Esslingen, Germany.
- Oliver Robert Hawke Bury is appointed as chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway of Brazil.
- Michigan-Peninsular Car Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
- Muroran Main Line on Hokkaido begins life as a colliery railway.
- The Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railway Company, later to become the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad, is founded.
- The Richmond and Danville Railroad enters receivership.
- Rebuilt stations opened
- Madrid Atocha railway station, Spain, designed by Alberto Palacio with Gustave Eiffel.
- Ramses Station, Cairo, Egypt.
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