The John Bull, eventually to become the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, is retired from active service on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The Richmond and Danville Railroad acquires the Piedmont Railroad. Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Junction City, Kansas, from Kansas City. Births January births January 31 – William W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1925–1935 (d. 1935) Deaths September deaths September 7 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works (b. 1795). Unknown date deaths Holmes Hinkley, American steam locomotive manufacturer (b. 1793). References Franklin Gowen. Retrieved March 2, 2005. Good, Mike (December 17, 2001), Corporate History: St. Louis – San Francisco Railway Company. Retrieved July 22, 2005. The New York Times, August 22, 1866.