1870 in rail transport

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Years in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1870.

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January events[edit]

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July events[edit]

  • July 24 – The first railroad car to travel the entire distance from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast of the United States arrives in New York City.

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September events[edit]

Ginery Twichell, about the time he was president of the Santa Fe

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References[edit]

  • Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: August. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
  • Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
  • Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Scripophily.com, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company 1886. Retrieved August 2, 2005.
  • Waters, Lawrence L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. p. 42.
  • 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.
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