December 28 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 28.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1825 – George William Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw), of Duanesburgh, New York, runs a newspaper notice announcing the formation of the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company.
- 1872 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Newton, Kansas, reaches the border between Kansas and Colorado.[1]
- 1879 – A storm destroys part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Scotland while a passenger train is traversing it; the event is commemorated in a poem by William McGonagall, The Tay Bridge Disaster.
[edit] 20th century
- 1906 – After his death, Alexander J. Cassatt is succeeded as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad by James McRea.
- 1917 – The United States federal government takes control of American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration for World War I.
[edit] Births
- 1763 – John Molson, who established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada, is born (d. 1836).
- 1823 – Thomas Alexander Scott, president of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872 (d. 1881).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
