1873 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1873.
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Events
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April events
- April 1 - Eli H. Janney files for a patent on "Improvement in Car-Couplings".
- April 29 - Eli H. Janney is awarded U.S. Patent 138,405 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=138,405.WKU.&OS=PN/138,405&RS=PN/138,405) for his knuckle coupler design.
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June events
- June - The Southern Pacific Railroad builds its first steam locomotive at the railroad's Sacramento, California, shops as CP's 2nd number 55, a 4-4-0.
- June 2 - Construction begins on Clay Street in San Francisco, California, for the first cable railway in the world, the Clay Street Hill Railroad (later to become part of the San Francisco cable car system).
- June 14 - The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway is reorganized with greater capital as the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.
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December events
- December 23 - The first section of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is opened between Topeka, Kansas, and the Colorado/Kansas border.
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Unknown date events
- Under the direction of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad tracks reach Chicago, Illinois.
- St. Charles Car Company, later to become part of American Car and Foundry, is founded in St. Charles, Missouri.
- Matthew Baird retires from his management and ownership position at Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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Deaths
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References
- Baker Library Historical Collections, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879-1896 (http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/sfa/atchison,_topeka.htm). Retrieved May 10 2005.
- CPRR.org (2004), Link and Pin Couplers (http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/Link-Pin_Couplers.html); includes a scanned copy of the patent application. Retrieved March 31 2005.
- 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.
