January 11 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 11.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1859 – The Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, forerunner of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is chartered to build a railroad from Topeka, Kansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[edit] 20th century
- 1951 – The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues passenger train service.
- 1994 – Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) begins operating over former MidSouth Rail Corporation tracks (previously spun off from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in 1986) following the recent merger of MidSouth into KCS.[1]
- 1999 – Amtrak begins operations of Talgo trainsets between Seattle, Portland and Eugene, Oregon.
[edit] 21st century
[edit] Births
- 1859 – Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1909–1920 (d. 1920).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ The Kansas City Southern Lines. Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
