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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The United States government contracts with the Baltimore And Ohio Railroad to carry Mail ; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the US.

February events

February 12 - The Philadelphia, Wilmington And Baltimore Railroad (PW&B), Wilmington And Susquehanna Railroad and Baltimore And Port Deposite Rail Road merge, keeping the PW&B name.

July events

July 7 - An act of the United States Congress officially designates all railroads in the United States as Postal routes.

Unknown date events

Kilsby Tunnel on the London And Birmingham Railway is completed under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson .

The first "bed-carriage" ( Sleeping Car ) Passenger Car s are introduced on the London And Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England .

BIRTHS

September births

September 16 - James J. Hill , American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916 ).

DEATHS

September deaths

Rhys Davies , English mechanical engineer who helped form Tredegar Iron Works in Virginia .

REFERENCES

'' The Post Office Role in U.S. Development - Railway Mail Service ''. Retrieved July 7 2005 .

Association of American Railroads (, 2005 .