Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 16


 * September 16


 * 1822 – Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, is born (d. 1888).
 * 1838 – James J. Hill (pictured), American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway (U.S.) and the Northern Pacific Railway, is born (d. 1916).
 * 1851 – Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 1896-1911, is born (d. 1923).