July 3 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 3.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

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[edit] 19th century

• 1854 – The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, opens for passenger service.
• 1869 – Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad subsidiary Kansas City and Cameron Railroad opens the Hannibal Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River, connecting its namesake cities.
• 1874 – The first revenue trains on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad operate between Denver and Morrison, Colorado.
• 1884 – The first Dow Jones average, the predecessor of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is published; of the eleven companies included in the average, nine of them are American railroads.^[1]

[edit] 20th century

• 1918 – The 121st Street station on New York City Subway's BMT Jamaica Line opens.
• 1938 – The steam locomotive Pacific 4468 Mallard gets the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h).
• 1957 – The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad ceases all operations.
• 1983 – Chicago and North Western Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of the line into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.^[2]
• 1995 – The extension of Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line connecting Frunzenskaya to Pushkinskaya opens.

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[edit] References

1. ^ Charles Dow, the History of the Dow Jones Averages, Dow Jones Averages Chronology 1884 - 1995. Retrieved February 6, 2006.
2. ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society) 32 (1): 16-39. ISSN 0279-5000.