Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

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

Events

January events

February events

March events

June events

July events

  • 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.

August events

September events

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

October events

December events

Unknown date events

Births

July births

Deaths

April deaths

December deaths

Unknown date deaths

References

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  • 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.
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  • 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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