January 3 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 3.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
[edit] 20th century
- 1901 – The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas.
- 1906 – 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.
- 1912 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.
- 1986 – The Vancouver SkyTrain begins operations between Vancouver's waterfront and New Westminster.
[edit] 21st century
- 2003 – A passenger train travelling from Secunderabad to Manmad, crashes into the rear end of a heavy goods train near Ghatnandur in Maharashtra, India, killing 18 people. See: Ghatnandur train crash.
- 2005 – Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific Railroad, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican Railway divisions.
[edit] Births
- 1810 – Henry Keyes, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1869–1870 (d. 1870).
- 1816 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868 (d. 1891).
- 1900 – C.L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (d. 1989)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Beck, Wayne (1957), Coton Belt News, The History of the St. Louis Soutwestern Railway. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005.
