Railroad March deaths March 11 – James Beatty, Irish engineer who was involved in building the European and North American Railway and the Grand Crimean Central Railway (b. 1820). April deaths April 19 – Thomas Rogers, American steam locomotive builder, dies in New York (b. 1792). April 20 – Robert L. Stevens, president of Camden and Amboy Railroad (b. 1787). November deaths November 1 - John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (b. 1780). References Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005. Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 21, 2005.