February 3 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 3.
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[edit] Events
- 1862 – The Glastonbury to Templecombe section of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway opens to public traffic.
- 1881 – The Seney Syndicate meet at Seney's New York bank and organize the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (which would later become the Nickel Plate Road).
- 1995 – The Canadian National Railway sells the former Central Vermont Railway lines in New York and Vermont to RailTex, forming the basis for the New England Central Railroad.
- 2004 – The first freight train travels the entire north-south transcontinental railroad in Australia between Adelaide, South Australia, and Darwin, Northern Territory.
[edit] Births
- 1843 – William Cornelius Van Horne, who oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and who became the youngest superintendent of the Illinois Central Railroad, is born (d. 1915).
- 1853 – Samuel Morse Felton, Jr., president of Chicago and Alton Railroad 1899-1908, Chicago Great Western Railway 1909-1925 (d. 1930).
