1864 In Rail Transport
Events
June events
June 3
- The first revenue trains operate over the
Central Pacific Railroad
between
Sacramento, California
and
Newcastle, California
.
July events
July
-
Samuel Marsh
succeeds
Nathaniel Marsh
for a second term as president of the
Erie Railroad
.
July 2
- The
Northern Pacific Railway
is chartered to build a northern
transcontinental railroad
in the
United States
.
October events
October
-
Robert H. Berdell
succeeds
Samuel Marsh
as president of the
Erie Railroad
.
Unknown date events
Cornelius Vanderbilt
acquires the
Hudson River Railroad
.
Murray, Dougal and Company
, later to become part of
American Car and Foundry
, is founded in
Milton, Pennsylvania
.
Births
February births
February 6
-
George Jay Gould I
, eldest son of
Jay Gould
, president of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
and the
Western Pacific Railroad
(d.
1923
).
June births
June 8
-
Herbert William Garratt
,
English
steam locomotive
builder and inventor of the
Garratt
locomotive type (d.
1913
).
Deaths
Unknown date deaths
Stephen H. Long
,
American
steam locomotive
mechanical engineer who helped build the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
(b.
1784
).
References
Erie Railroad presidents
. Retrieved
March 15
2005
.
(
April 27
2004
),
Herbert William Garratt
. Retrieved
February 9
2005
.
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