1817 in rail transport
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July births
- July 1 - Hugh J. JewettHugh J. JewettHugh Judge Jewett was an American railroader and politician. He served as United States Representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district in the 43rd United States Congress....
, president of the Erie RailroadErie RailroadThe Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, originally connecting New York City with Lake Erie...
1874–1884 (d. 1898). - July 15 - John Fowler, British civil engineerCivil engineerA civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
(d. 18981898 in rail transport-April events:* April 20 - Electrification of the South Side Elevated Railway in Chicago is completed ending all steam locomotive operations on the route. Multiple-unit train control is also introduced by railroad engineer Frank J. Sprague.-May events:...
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October births
- October 2 - Webster WagnerWebster WagnerWebster Wagner was a postmaster, state official and inventor. He was born near Palatine Bridge, New York and worked as a wagon maker alongside of other family members....
, founder of Wagner Palace Car Company (d. 1883). - October 17 - Alexander MitchellAlexander Mitchell (politician)Alexander Mitchell was a Scottish-born banker, railroad financier and Democratic politician in Milwaukee.He was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1839...
, president of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1864-1887 (d. 1887)
Unknown date births
- Matthew BairdMatthew BairdMatthew Baird was one of the early partners in the Baldwin Locomotive Works.Baird was born in Derry, Ireland, in 1817. His parents brought him to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1821....
, second owner of Baldwin Locomotive WorksBaldwin Locomotive WorksThe Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...
(d. 1877) - Walter McQueen, Chief mechanical engineerChief Mechanical EngineerChief Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock...
for the Albany and Schenectady RailroadAlbany and Schenectady RailroadThe Albany & Schenectady Railroad, originally the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, was the first railroad built in the State of New York and one of the first railroads in the United States....
1845–1850, Hudson River Railroad 1850–1852, and superintendent of Schenectady Locomotive WorksSchenectady Locomotive WorksThe Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company in 1901.After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York....
1852–1876 (d. 1893).