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EVENTS
October events
October 10
- the first revenue trains operate over the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, an early predecessor of the
Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad
November events
November 20
- The
Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railway
line between
Erie, Pennsylvania
, and
Cleveland, Ohio
, opens.
Unknown date events
John Cooke
steps down from the superintendent position at
Rogers Locomotive And Machine Works
to partner with
Charles Danforth
in forming the new locomotive manufacturing company,
Danforth, Cooke And Company
in
Paterson, New Jersey
.
The first
2-6-0
Steam Locomotive
s are built.
John Edgar Thomson
becomes president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
.
BIRTHS
Unknown date births
J. Elfreth Watkins
,
Railroad
Civil Engineer
and first curator for the
Smithsonian Institution
's railroad artifacts including ''
John Bull
''.
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