Events

October events

• October - James G. King succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.

December events

• 7 December - the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn starts the first regular passenger service between Nuremberg and Fürth using a steam locomotive

Unknown date events

• The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
• The first steam locomotive assembled by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, the McNeil, manufactured by Robert Stephenson and Company , operates on the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad .

Births

April births

• April 10 - Henry Villard, president of Northern Pacific Railroad (d. 1900).

May births

• May 27 - Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1884–1890 (d. 1915).

November births

• November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (d. 1919).

Unknown date births

• Matthias N. Forney , American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1908).
• Fred Harvey, restaurateur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels serving passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Deaths

References

• Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21 2005.
• Stratton, Fred, Erie Railroad presidents. Retrieved March 2 2005.