Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 13

1900 – Collis P. Huntington (pictured), a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, dies (b. 1821)
1907 – The Ferrovia del Renon in South Tyrol, Italy, opens.
1913 – Stainless steel (which will soon be used to construct passenger car bodies) is invented by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.

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