1870 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1870.
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Events
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March events
- March - Construction on the Kansas Pacific reaches Kit Carson, Colorado.
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June events
- June - The Denver Pacific Railway completes construction of its mainline between Denver, Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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August events
- August - Construction crews on the Kansas Pacific working eastward from Denver and westward from Kansas City meet at Strasburg, Colorado.
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Unknown date events
- The Southern Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad operations are merged under the Southern Pacific name.
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Births
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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).
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Deaths
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Unknown date deaths
- George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic of American steam locomotives (b. 1805).
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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.

