- 1864 in rail transport
Events
January events
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January 10 - The Illinois Central, Columbus and Indianapolis and Richmond and Covington railroads sign an agreement for joint operation as theGreat Central Line betweenColumbus, Ohio , andIndianapolis, Indiana , headed by theIndiana Central Railway .
*January 13 -Samuel C. Pomeroy succeedsCyrus K. Holliday as president of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway .June events
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June 3 - The first revenue trains operate over theCentral Pacific Railroad betweenSacramento, California andNewcastle, California .
*June 29 -Beloeil, Quebec ,Canada : 99 killed when animmigrant train failed to stop at an openswing bridge and fell into theRichelieu River . May also be calledSt-Hilaire train disaster .July events
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Samuel Marsh succeedsNathaniel Marsh for a second term as president of theErie Railroad .
*July 2 - TheNorthern Pacific Railway is chartered to build a northerntranscontinental railroad in theUnited States .August events
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August 24 - TheUnited States Postal Service inaugurates the firstrailway post office route in theUnited States when Chicago Assistant PostmasterGeorge B. Armstrong authorizes the route on theChicago and North Western Railway between Chicago andClinton, Iowa . [http://www.usps.com/history/his2.htm (USPS)]October events
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Robert H. Berdell succeedsSamuel Marsh as president of theErie Railroad .Unknown date events
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Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires theHudson River Railroad .
*Murray, Dougal and Company , later to become part ofAmerican Car and Foundry , is founded inMilton, Pennsylvania .Births
February births
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February 6 -George Jay Gould I , eldest son ofJay Gould , president of theDenver and Rio Grande Railroad and theWestern Pacific Railroad (d.1923 ).June births
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June 8 -Herbert William Garratt , Englishsteam locomotive builder and inventor of theGarratt locomotive type (d.1913 ).Deaths
Unknown date deaths
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Stephen H. Long , Americansteam locomotive mechanical engineer who helped build theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad (b.1784 ).References
* " [http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html Erie Railroad presidents] ". Retrieved
March 15 2005 .
* (April 27 2004 ), " [http://www.steamindex.com/people/garratt.htm Herbert William Garratt] ". RetrievedFebruary 9 2005 .
* United States Postal Service, " [http://www.usps.com/history/his2.htm History of the United States Postal Service 1775-1993: The Postal Role in U.S. Development] ". RetrievedAugust 28 2005 .
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