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EVENTS

August events

August 21 - The Mount Morgan Railway in Queensland , Australia , opens between Rockhampton and Westwood via Kabra .

September events

September 4 - The Boston And Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England .

October events

October - John S. Eldridge succeeds Robert H. Berdell as president of the Erie Railroad .

Unknown date events

Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires control of the New York Central railroad.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad places the first 2-10-0 Steam Locomotive s in the world into use.

Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Salina, Kansas .

BIRTHS

Unknown date births

Carl R. Gray , president of the Union Pacific Railroad 1920 – 1937 (d. 1939 ).

DEATHS

January deaths

January 5 - William Norris , American Steam Locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (b. 1802 ).

June deaths

June 13 - Gridley Bryant , inventor of many basic Railroad technologies including track and wheels (b. 1789 ).

REFERENCES

'' American locomotive engineers ''. Retrieved February 9 2005 .

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

President and Fellows of Harvard College ( 2005 .

Shire of Mount Morgan, '' The Mount Morgan Railway ''. Retrieved August 16 2005 .

Virtuology ( 2005 .