1879 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1879.

Events

May events

• May - James J. Hill forms the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway from the assets of the bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific.

Unknown date events

• Southern Pacific Railroad engineers experiment with the first oil-fired steam locomotives.

Births

April births

• April 24 - Orris Paxton Van Sweringen, American financier who, with his brother Mantis, controlled the Nickel Plate Road and other eastern railroads (d. 1936).

Deaths