April 23 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 23.
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- 1860 – The Staten Island Railway starts operations in Staten Island, New York; this is now the oldest rapid transit right-of-way in New York City, but it is operated separately from the New York City Subway.
- 1869 – Crews building the Central Pacific Railroad lay 10 miles (16 km) of track in one day.
- 2005 – Los Angeles Metrolink opens a new station in Palmdale on the system's Antelope Valley line.
[edit] Births
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1834 – Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad, is born (d. 1928).
Chauncey Depew
- 1858 – Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1903, Delaware and Hudson Railway 1907-1938 and Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920, is born (d. 1940).
