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611920 in rail transport — EventsMarch events* March 1 Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA. * March 18 Fruit Growers Express (FGE) is incorporated. May events * May 15 The Ministry of Railways… …
621976 in rail transport — Events March events * March 27 The first section, 4.6 miles (7.4 km), of the Washington Metro, the elevated, ground, and subway system in Washington, D.C., opens. [cite web| author=Washington DC Chapter National Railway Historical Society|… …
631894 in rail transport — EventsMay events* May 11 3,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company go on strike to protest lowered wages without an equivalent reduction in expenses charged in the company town, Pullman, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois). July… …
641951 in rail transport — Events January events * January Fairbanks Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company introduce the H 16 66 model Train Master diesel locomotive. * January 11 The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues passenger train service. * January 20… …
651925 in rail transport — EventsFebruary events* February 16 ndash; A new suspension bridge opens over Niagara Falls, replacing the previous span built in 1855. * February 28 ndash; The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad enters receivership.cite web|… …
661840 in rail transport — Events May events * May 11 ndash; The London and South Western Railway opens its original main line throughout to Southampton (England). [cite book|author=Williams, R. A.|title=The London South Western Railway, vol. 1: The formative… …
672003 in rail transport — EventsJanuary events* January The electrification of the Trans Siberian Railway, a project begun in 1929, is completed. * January 1 E. Hunter Harrison, former president of Illinois Central Railroad (now a subsidiary of CN), succeeds Paul Tellier… …
681944 in rail transport — EventsJanuary events* January 16 A train crashes in Torro Tunnel in Leon Province, Spain. More than 500 are killed.March events* March 3 Balvano, Italy: A double headed mixed train stalls in a tunnel. Five people survive, 521 are killed by carbon …
691885 in rail transport — EventsFebruary events* February 12 The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway is incorporated in Missouri. [Truman Area Community Network [http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/railroads/ch kcfsm.html Corporate History Kansas City, Fort Scott… …
701906 in rail transport — Events January events * January 3 At the annual stockholder s meeting, the charter for the Cleveland Short Line Railway is amended to specify Collinwood, Ohio and Rockport, Ohio as the terminals of the railroad. * January 17 Atchison, Topeka and… …
