Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 13

1865 – Algernon S. Buford (pictured) becomes president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad.
1872 – The first section of the planned railroad connection between Varciorova and Roman, Romania, opens, connecting Piteşti, Bucharest, Galaţi and Roman.
1875 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Kansas, reaches Las Animas, Colorado.
2004 – The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway files its second application to abandon most of its trackage on Cape Breton.

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