1874 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1874.

Events

May events

• May 5 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad is chartered in Massachusetts.

November events

• November 7 - The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company, the predecessor of the Miami Valley Railway, is incorporated.
• November 8 - Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad reach Bakersfield, California; work begins on the route that would eventually become the Tehachapi Loop.

Unknown date events

• The Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, an early predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its official name to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul

Births

Deaths

May deaths

• May 27 - John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852–1874 (b. 1808).

Unknown date deaths

• Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (b. 1810).

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.