1866 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1866.
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Events
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Unknown date events
- The John Bull, eventually to become the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, is retired from active service on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the Piedmont Railroad.
- Franklin B. Gowen becomes president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
- Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Junction City, Kansas, from Kansas City.
- After the death of Matthias W. Baldwin, Matthew Baird becomes the sole proprietor of Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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Births
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Unknown date births
- William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (d. 1935)
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Deaths
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September deaths
- September 7 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works (b. 1795).
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Unknown date deaths
- Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1793).
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References
- Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum (2000), General Atterbury (http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/general_atterbury.htm). Retrieved February 21 2005.
- Franklin Gowen (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgowenF.htm). Retrieved March 2 2005.
- White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
- 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.
