August 11 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 11.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 19th century

• 1866 – The Kansas Pacific Railroad tracks reach Manhattan, Kansas, where westward progress stalls while a bridge is built across the Big Blue River.
• 1883 – The California Southern Railroad receives a court order in its favor ordering the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) to allow it to cross SP tracks at Colton, California.^[1]

[edit] 20th century

• 1939 – C. P. Couch succeeds his brother Harvey C. Couch as president of Kansas City Southern Railway.
• 1995 – The first fatal accident on Toronto's subway system, under the auspices of the Toronto Transit Commission, the Russell Hill subway accident, claims three lives.

[edit] 21st century

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works, dies (b. 1835).

[edit] References

1. ^ Duke, Donald, and Kistler, Stan (1963). Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California. San Marino, California: Golden West Books, p 27. ISBN 0-87095-009-6.