1873 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1873.

Events

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 for his knuckle coupler design.

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.

December events

• December 23 – The first section of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is opened between Topeka, Kansas, and teh Colorado/Kansas border.

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.

Births

Deaths

References

• Baker Library Historical Collections, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879–1896. Retrieved May 10 2005.
• CPRR.org (2004), Link and Pin Couplers; 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.