August 28 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 28.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

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[edit] 19th century

• 1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad uses Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb to push an open car carrying 18 passengers along 14 miles (22.5 km) of track.
• 1864 – The United States Postal Service inaugurates the first railway post office route in the United States when Chicago Assistant Postmaster George B. Armstrong authorizes the route on the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa.
• 1866 – The Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad, in Illinois, is incorporated.
• 1897 – Construction begins on the Chinese Eastern and South Manchurian lines of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

[edit] 20th century

• 1951 – The last mainline train leaves Berlin, Germany's, Lehrter Bahnhof headed for the Wustermark and Nauen.

[edit] 21st century

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