September 15 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 15.

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

• 1830 – The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose built passenger railway operated by steam locomotives, opens in England from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill.
• 1831 – The John Bull, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world, is operated for the first time on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
• 1896 – William Crush, then president of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, stages a head-on collision between two steam locomotives as a publicity stunt north of Waco, Texas; the event has come to be known as the "Crash at Crush".

[edit] 20th century

• 1916 – The 18th Avenue station on New York City Subway's BMT West End Line opens.

• 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when it is run under its own power by the Smithsonian Institution.

[edit] 21st century

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of Great Western Railway, dies (b. 1806).

[edit] References