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October 8
- 1789 – John Ruggles (pictured), who was awarded U.S. Patent 1 in 1836 for improved driving wheels, is born (d. 1874).
- 1895 – William Mahone, American civil engineer and Confederate Army Major General who built the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western, dies (b. 1826).
- 1952 – Five minutes after beginning its journey at Perth, Scotland, the 8:15 AM express passenger train to Euston station, London, rear-ends the 7:31 train from Tring which was stopped at the Harrow and Wealdstone station; a short while later, the 8:00 express from Euston to Liverpool and Manchester runs into the wreckage on the parallel track. 112 passengers died in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, and 340 more were injured.
- 2005 – Amtrak restores the City of New Orleans passenger service to New Orleans, Louisiana, following damages caused by hurricane Katrina.[1]
[edit] See also
- October 8 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ "City of New Orleans rolls into Big Easy", Associated Press, reprinted by MSNBC, 2005-10-08. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
