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EVENTS

January events

January 9 - The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio , on the Cincinnati Northern Railway , departs for Dayton, Ohio .

January 12 - The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio , and Dayton, Ohio , delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway , arrives in Dayton.

March events

March 6 - Regular service begins on the Cincinnati Northern Railway between Cincinnati, Ohio , and Dayton, Ohio .

April events

April 17 - The St. Clairsville And Northern Railway , connecting St. Clairsville to Barton, Ohio , is incorporated.¹

August events

August 15 - The first California Southern Railway train from National City reaches Colton, California .

August 23 - The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives in Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada .

August 24 - The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad leases the 97 Mile (156 Km ) long Fort Wayne, Jackson And Saginaw Railroad .

September events

September 1 - The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad begins operations over the leased Fort Wayne, Jackson And Saginaw Railroad .

October events

October 16 - The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York , and Chicago, Illinois .

October 25 - The Seney Syndicate sells the Nickel Plate Road to William H. Vanderbilt for $ 7.2 million.

Unknown date events

Spring - The Atlantic And Pacific Railroad , later to become part of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad , building westward from Albuquerque, New Mexico , reaches Canyon Diablo, Arizona .

William Cornelius Van Horne becomes general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway .

Minerva Car Works , later to become part of American Car And Foundry , is founded in Minerva, Ohio .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

Unknown date deaths

John Cooke , superintendent of Rogers Locomotive And Machine Works and founder of Cooke Locomotive Works (b. 1824 ).

John P. Laird , Scottish engineer who designed and patented the two-wheel equalized leading truck for Steam Locomotive s (b. 1826 ).

REFERENCES

Dodge, Richard V. ( 2005 .

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Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

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