March 8 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 8.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1832 – The Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad is chartered in Virginia.[1]
- 1881 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward from Kansas, reaches Deming, New Mexico,[2] making a connection with Southern Pacific Railroad tracks to complete a second transcontinental route across the United States.[3]
[edit] 20th century
- 1904 – The Southern Pacific Railroad opens the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake, bypassing Promontory, Utah, for the railroad's mainline.
- 1920 – The board of directors for Canadian National Railway assumes management control of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.[4]
[edit] 21st century
- 2006 – Jean-Paul Denanot, president of the Limousin region of France, announces a new TGV service to begin by the following winter between Brive-la-Gaillarde and Lille via Limoges and Orléans.[5]
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Today in Railroad History. Railfanning.org (2005). Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
- ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945). Along Your Way. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally.
- ^ Transcontinental, Railroad, Golden Spike, Promontory Summit, Railway Act. American Western History Museums. Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-02-09). Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
- ^ 8 mars dans les chemins de fer (French). French language Wikipedia (2006-06-30). Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
