1870 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1870.

Events

Unknown date events

• The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad operations are merged under the Southern Pacific name.

Births

July births

• July 29 - Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925–1931 (d. 1938).

Deaths

Unknown date deaths

• George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic of American steam locomotives (b. 1805).

References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.