serve passengers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (born 1835). February 18 – Egide Walschaerts, Belgian inventor of a steam locomotive valve gear (born 1820). April deaths April 13 – Edward Watkin, Chairman of several English railway companies, most notably the South Eastern Railway and the Great Central Railway (born 1819). Unknown date deaths Jacob S. Rogers, son of Thomas Rogers and second president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. References