William Henry Vanderbilt resigns from the presidency of the New York Central system and appoints his heirs to chairmanship positions in the system's constituent railroad companies. James H. Rutter succeeds Vanderbilt as president.
William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (b. 1805).
Notes
↑ Jones, Robert C. (1993). Two Feet to the Lakes. Pacific Fast Mail. p.31. ISBN0-915713-26-8.
↑ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium. Huntington Beach, CA: Shade Tree Books. ISBN0-930742-12-5.
1 2 Waters, Lawrence L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp.43–44.
↑ Jones, Robert C. (1998). Two Feet to the Quarries. Evergreen Press. p.9. ISBN0-9667264-0-5.
↑ Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p.17. ISBN0-87095-101-7.
White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN0-486-23818-0.
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