January 23 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 23.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1869 – George Westinghouse files for a patent on his air brake.
- 1896 – Construction begins on the Northwestern Elevated line of the Chicago 'L' with the first structure erected at the intersection of Fullerton and Sheffield Avenues.[1]
[edit] 20th century
- 1933 – San Diego and Arizona Railway's bypass around tunnel 7, which was destroyed by fire, opens.[2]
- 1980 – Western Pacific Railroad president R. G. "Mike" Flannery announces that an agreement has been reached for the railroad to be controlled by Union Pacific Railroad.[3]
[edit] 21st century
- 2006 – 45 people die near Bioče, Montenegro, in the Bioče train disaster when a local train carrying around 300 people from the town of Bijelo Polje in the north of Montenegro to the Adriatic Sea port of Bar derails above a 100 m-deep ravine above the Morača river.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Chicago "L".org, Northwestern Elevated (1893-1924). Retrieved January 23, 2006.
- ^ San Diego Railroad Museum (May 8, 2003), San Diego's "Impossible Railroad". Retrieved January 23, 2006.
- ^ Feather River Rail Society/Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society (2002), Western Pacific History. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
