February 6 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 6.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1815 – The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.
- 1835 – The Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana.[1]
- 1837 – The Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad is reorganized as the Northern Indiana Railroad.[1]
[edit] 20th century
- 1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey killing 85 people and injuring over 500 more.
[edit] 21st century
- 2002 – Sabotage to some railway signal and power lines near Durban, South Africa, prevents a switch from being thrown properly, which in turn causes a commuter train to collide with a stationary freight train in the Charlotte’s Dale train crash; 24 people died and 168 more were injured in the collision.
[edit] Births
- 1864 – George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould and president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad is born (d. 1923).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ a b New York Central Railroad (1913), New York Central Railroad System Annual Report; History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved February 6, 2006.
