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February 4

• 1830 – The Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.
• 1851 – The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.^[1]
• 1934 – United Traction Company in Albany, New York, abandons the Albany-Troy and Albany-Cohoes streetcar lines, replacing the service with buses.^[2]
• 1958 – Canada's Kellog Commission releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews.^[3]

[edit] See also

• February 4 in rail transport

[edit] References

1. ^ Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
2. ^ Mohawk and Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2003), Albany area railroads: History and context. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
3. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved February 4, 2006.