July 6 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 6.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 20th century

• 1942 – The first political deportees train leaves Compiègne station in France to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1978 – A plastic bag of dirty linens carelessly placed against the electric heater in the vestibule of a sleeping car traveling between Penzance and London Paddington, England causes the Taunton train fire.
• 2000 – Amtrak introduces its new corporate logo to replace a logo that has been nicknamed by some as the "pointless arrow". The new logo was designed with a "shape and suggestion of movement [to] convey the comfort and uniqueness of the rail experience."

[edit] 21st century

[edit] Births

• 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central railroad system, is born (d. 1970).

[edit] Deaths

• 1942 – Daniel Willard, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1910-1941, dies (b. 1861).

[edit] References