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January 30

• 1834 – Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is completed.
• 1905 – The Halifax and South Western Railway opens, connecting Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.^[1]
• 2001 – O. Winston Link, American photographer who documented the end of steam locomotive use on the Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1950s, dies (b. 1914).

[edit] See also

• January 30 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1900 - 1949). Retrieved January 30, 2006.