Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 12
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- 1911 – Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace.
- 1916 – Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1836).[1][2]
- 1936 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates the all-diesel powered Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
- 2005 – A fire engulfs a railroad bridge in Kearney, New Jersey, on the heavily travelled Northeast Corridor.
[edit] See also
- May 12 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Omni Publications, pp 18-24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ City of Perris, California. A Brief History of the Perris Valley. Retrieved on 2006-07-09.
