August 18 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 18.

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

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[edit] 19th century

• 1869 – The Windsor and Annapolis Railway in Nova Scotia officially opens between Annapolis and Grand Pre.
• 1883 – Construction on the Canadian Pacific Railway reaches Calgary, Alberta.
• 1890 – The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad, a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway, begins operations between Kansas City and Argentine.

[edit] 20th century

• 1935 – In a meeting aboard a chartered train on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway, officials of the Lancaster Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Interstate Trolley Club of Trenton, New Jersey, frame the basis of the National Railway Historical Society as a merger of the two organizations.
• 1990 Gråkallbanen, part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is reopened after the city counsil permanently closed the tramway in 1988.^[1]

[edit] 21st century

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[edit] References

1. ^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget, 30.