Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 29
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- 1930 – Work is completed on Prince Edward Island converting all 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) gauge track to standard gauge.[1]
- 1935 – The last train operates on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
- 1988 – Union Station (pictured) in Washington, D.C., reopens for passenger train service.[2][3]
- 2005 – Sixty years after World War II, Nederlandse Spoorwegen issues a statement formally apologizing for transporting Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps in Germany and Poland during the war.[4]
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- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-09-15). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ Mudeva, Anna. "Dutch railway firm apologises for deporting Jews", Reuters, September 29, 2005. Retrieved on 2005-09-29.
