February 20 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 20.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1849 – The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster.[1]
[edit] 20th century
- 1980 – Canadian Pacific Railway officially abandons its Eganville subdivision, including tracks between Payne and Douglas, Ontario.[2]
- 1998 – The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad files an application with the Surface Transportation Board to build new railroad track to haul coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
[edit] 21st century
- 2006 – Chicago Transit Authority holds groundbreaking ceremonies for the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project to repair its aging infrastructure and increase passenger capacity at Brown Line stations.
[edit] Births
- 1848 – E. H. Harriman, the executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the turn of the 20th century, is born (d. 1909).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31, 1902), Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
