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EVENTS

January events

January 1 - The New Jersey Railroad And Transportation Company opens its route between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey .

March events

March 4 - William F. Harnden , founder of Harnden And Company , becomes the first person to send an express shipment by rail when he ships an express package from Boston, Massachusetts , to Providence, Rhode Island , on the Boston And Providence Railroad .

June events

June - The London And Southampton Railway is renamed the London And South Western Railway .

October events

October 3 - The first railway line in Italy , 7 Km between Naples and Portici , opens.

October 19 - George Bradshaw publishes the world's first Railway Timetable in Manchester , England .

October - Eleazer Lord succeeds James G. King for a second term as president of the Erie Railroad .

BIRTHS

June births

June 24 - Gustavus Franklin Swift , founder of Swift And Company which pioneered the use of Refrigerator Car s in late 19th Century America (d. 1903 )

December births

December 8 - Alexander J. Cassatt , president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1899 – 1906 (d. 1906 ).

Unknown date births

David Moffat , Colorado railroad financier (d. 1911 ).

DEATHS

REFERENCES

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( 2005 .

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

Stratton, Fred, '' Erie Railroad presidents ''. Retrieved March 2 2005 .