Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 2
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- 1870 – The Texas legislature approves the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT) charter, which was originally granted by Kansas, allowing the MKT to build into the state.
- 1873 – The first prototypes of the San Francisco cable car system are tested at the top of Nob Hill by Andrew Hallidie.
- 1939 – John W. Snow (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Transportation, then United States Secretary of the Treasury, is born.
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- August 2 in rail transport
