Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 15
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- 1889 – Daniel Gooch (pictured), Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway 1837–1864, dies (b. 1816).
- 1984 – The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad begins freight operations on the former San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway right of way.
- 2004 – Canadian National Railway announces that it is selling its locomotive remote control business unit (which produced the Beltpack control system) to Cattron Group, Inc., so the railroad can focus on operations.
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- October 15 in rail transport
