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EVENTS

January events

January 23 - George Westinghouse files for a Patent on his Air Brake .

February events

February 17 - Henry Keyes succeeds Henry C. Lord as president of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway .

February 27 - The first line of what is now Athens Metro , in Greece , opens as Athens Piraeus Railway SA.

March events

March - By an act of Congress , the Kansas Pacific Railway 's name is shortened to Kansas Pacific.

April events

April 6 - The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railway is formed through the merger of the Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad and the Lake Shore Railway .¹ ²

April 23 - Crews building the Central Pacific Railroad lay 10 Mile s (16 km) of track in one day.

April 26 - The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad opens its first segment of track (6 Mile s / 10 Km long) between Topeka and Pauline , Kansas .

May events

May 10 - The Golden Spike is driven at Promontory Summit, Utah , on the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America .

May 15 - The first trains operate the entire length of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America traveling between Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California .

June events

June 1 - The Merchants Despatch is reformed as a joint stock trading company, with ownership divided among the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati And Indianapolis Railway (CCC&I), the Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railway , and the New York Central Railroad (NYC), all part of the Cornelius Vanderbilt rail empire.

June 17 - The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad , building westward from Topeka , reaches Carbondale, Kansas .

August events

August 18 - The Windsor And Annapolis Railway in Nova Scotia officially opens between Annapolis and Grand Pre .

August 20 - An ''Irish Mail'' Passenger Train collides with cargo trucks loaded with Paraffin leaving 33 dead.

September events

September 21 - The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad leases the Kalamazoo, Allegan And Grand Rapids Railway in Michigan .

November events

November 8 - The Central Pacific Railroad completes the final leg of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America , connecting Sacramento, California to San Francisco, California .

November 11 - After the New York And Erie Railroad moves its primary shop facilities from Dunkirk, New York , to Buffalo , Horatio G. Brooks leases the facilities in Dunkirk and opens Brooks Locomotive Works .

December events

December - Newly founded Brooks Locomotive Works completes construction of the company's first Steam Locomotive ; it is included in an order for the New York And Erie Railroad .

Unknown date events

The New York State Legislature authorised the merger of railroads already owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt into the New York Central , including the Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railway , the Canada Southern Railroad and the Michigan Central Railroad into the New York Central And Hudson River Railroad .

William Henry Vanderbilt , son of Cornelius Vanderbilt , is promoted to Vice President of the New York Central And Hudson River Railroad .

The first railroad built in New Jersey , the Camden And Amboy Railroad , is merged into the United New Jersey Railroad And Canals Company .

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company is founded by George Westinghouse .

Wells And French Company , later to become part of American Car And Foundry , is founded in Chicago, Illinois .

Construction begins on the central pontifical Railroad Station in Rome , Italy .

BIRTHS

June births

June 8 - William R. Coe , chief executive officer of Virginian Railway during World War II (d. 1955).

DEATHS

REFERENCES

Association of American Railroads (, 2005 .

Baker Library Historical Collections, '' Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879-1896 ''. Retrieved May 10 2005 .

Gibson, Elizabeth ( 2005 .

New York Central Railroad ( 2005 .

Santa Fe Railroad ( 1945 ), ''Along Your Way'', Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.

Smith, Ivan ( 2005 .

Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, '' STW historical figures / Horatio Brooks ''. Retrieved February 9 2005 .

³ p 42.