1872 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1872.
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Events
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March events
- March - John A. Dix succeeds Jay Gould as president of the Erie Railroad.
- March 5 - George Westinghouse receives a patent for the Westinghouse air brake.
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May events
- May 1 - The South Devon Railway, in England, opens.
- May 18 - The Delaware and Raritan Canal, New Jersey Railroad and the Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad built in New Jersey, are merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company.
- May 28 - The Columbus and Toledo Railroad is incorporated.
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July events
- July - Peter H. Watson succeeds John A. Dix as president of the Erie Railroad.
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October events
- October 1 - The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway is incorporated.
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Unknown date events
- American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works purchases the fire engine manufacturing business of Amoskeag Locomotive Works.
- At the age of 29, William Cornelius Van Horne becomes the youngest superintendent of Illinois Central Railroad.
- Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in Buffalo, New York.
- Strasburg, Colorado - joining of rail over river completes transcontinental railway.
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Births
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Deaths
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January deaths
- January 6 - Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (b. 1834).
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April deaths
- April 9 - Erastus Corning, established railroads in New York and was instrumental in the formation of New York Central (b. 1794).
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August deaths
- August - Asa Whitney, one of the first backers of an American Transcontinental Railway
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References
- Erie Railroad presidents (http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html). Retrieved March 15 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - May (http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmay.htm). Retrieved May 27, 2005.
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