Deaths January deaths January 12 – John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, pioneer of the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (b. 1795). July deaths July 31 – Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (b. 1831). December deaths December 6 – Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of the Schwarzwaldbahn and the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest (b. 1820). December 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1821). References Dodge, Richard V.; San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000), Perris and its Railroad. Retrieved November 8, 2005. (1902), Ohio Railway Report. Retrieved July 18, 2005. Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.