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EVENTS

January events

January 25 - The Cincinnati, Cambridge And Chicago Short Line Railway , a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad , is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line.

January - The Memphis And Little Rock Railroad , the first railroad built in Arkansas is chartered.

February events

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April events

April 2 - The New York Central Railroad is formed through the merger of ten smaller railroads in the New York area.

April 16 - The first Passenger Train in India is inaugurated between Bori Bunder , Bombay , and Thana covering a distance of 34 Km (21 Mile s).

July events

July 8 - The Northern Indiana Railroad is formed through the merger of several smaller railroads in Indiana and Ohio .

August events

August 19 - The Lake Erie, Wabash And St. Louis Railroad , a predecessor of the Wabash Railroad , is incorporated in Indiana .

September events

September 20 - Indianapolis 's Union Station , the first Union Station in the United States , opens.

October events

October - Homer Ramsdell succeeds Benjamin Loder as president of the Erie Railroad .

November events

November 7 - The Arkansas Midland Railroad is created by an act of the Arkansas legislature.

November 10 - Canada 's Great Western Railway opens the line from Hamilton, Ontario , to the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls .

December events

December 17 - The Brooklyn City Railroad , the oldest Streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York , is incorporated.

Unknown date events

The Monon Railroad opens its 300 mile (482 km) route between Chicago, Illinois , and Louisville, Kentucky

American Steam Locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works opens.

Indianapolis ' Union Station, the first " Union Station " in the world, is opened by the Terre Haute And Richmond Railroad , Madison And Indianapolis Railroad , and Bellefontaine Railroad .

BIRTHS

October births

October 6 - Thomas George Shaughnessy , president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899 - 1918 (d. 1923 ).

DEATHS

August deaths

August - George Bradshaw , English Cartographer , Printer and Publisher and the originator of the Railway Timetable (b. 1801 ).

REFERENCES

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May ). Retrieved February 11 2005 .

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

'' Erie Railroad presidents ''. Retrieved March 15 2005 .

'' History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company ''. Retrieved July 7 2005 .

Missouri Pacific Historical Society, ( 2005 .

Morris, J. C., compiler ( 2005 .