March 1 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 1.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1876 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Pueblo, Colorado.
- 1892 – Japan's Mito Railway is consolidated into the Japanese National Railways.
- 1893 – The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven Railroad) leases the Old Colony Railroad.
[edit] 20th century
- 1920 – Control of American railroads is returned to private ownership and administration with the disbandment of the USRA.
- 1989 – The Abbeville-Grimes Railway (a predecessor of the Bay Line Railroad) begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama.
- 1995 – CP Rail announces that Robert J. Ritchie will succeed I. Barry Scott as president and CEO of CP Rail.
[edit] Births
- 1816 – John Souther, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (d. 1911).
- 1955 – Peter Zars, the first on-train birth aboard the California Zephyr passenger train (while the train passed through Ruby Canyon).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- (May 1995), "Scanner - Heir, apparently", Trains Magazine, p. 21.
