September 18 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 18.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1830 – In a race between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Tom Thumb and a stagecoach near Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, the horse and coach wins.
- 1888 – The first revenue train on the Canada Atlantic Railway's Chaudiere Extension departs for Chaudiere Falls, Ontario (near Ottawa).
- 1889 – The Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad is reorganized as the Great Northern Railway.
[edit] 20th century
- 1936 – Canadian Pacific Railway 4-4-4 number 3003 pulls a newly-designed lightweight passenger train at 112.5 mph (181 km/h) near St. Telesphore, Quebec, Canada.
- 1972 – The São Paulo Metro is inaugurated.
- 1982 – The second stage of Brisbane, Australia, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.
- 1991 – The last train out of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, departs with six Canadian National Railway diesel locomotives pulling 64 railroad cars and caboose number 79822.
- 1999 – Trillium Rail subsidiary Port Colborne Terminal Railway begins operations on 41 miles (66 km) of track in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 1860 – Joseph Locke, construction engineer of Stockton and Darlington Railway and Liverpool and Manchester Railway, chief engineer of Grand Junction Railway, dies (b. 1805).
[edit] References
- About.com, The Post Office and the History of Railroad Mail Service. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
- Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (September 7, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
- Great Northern Railway Historical Society, GN History. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
- Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
