of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives (b. 1820). March deaths March 24 – John Taylor Johnston, president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1848–1877 (b. 1820). June deaths June 21 – Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (b. 1824) December deaths December 20 – George C. Magoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1880s (b. 1840). Unknown date deaths Allen Manvel, eleventh president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1837). Walter McQueen, Chief mechanical engineer for the Albany and Schenectady Railroad 1845–1850, Hudson River Railroad 1850–1852, and superintendent of Schenectady Locomotive Works 1852–1876 (b. 1817). References Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 18, 2005. Continental engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.