July 11 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 11.

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

[edit] 20th century

• 1905 – The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles, California.^[1][2]
• 1910 – Construction begins on the Sheridan Railway in Sheridan, Wyoming.
• 1914 – The Karkamış to Ceylanpınar line of the Baghdad Railway opens.
• 1942 – A section of the Sind Peshin State Railway in the Chappar Rift, in present day Pakistan, is destroyed by a flash flood; the line has not been rebuilt.
• 2000 – VIA Rail Canada announces that it will use five sleeping cars leased from Amtrak for runs between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba.

[edit] 21st century

• 2005 – Amtrak resumes limited Acela Express service with four daily departures each from New York and Washington, DC.^[3]
• 2006 – A 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings|series of bombs explode]] aboard commuter trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway in India.
• 2006 – A derailment and subsequent fire on the Blue Line of the Chicago 'L' system closes the line just after 5:00 PM Central time.^[4][5]
• 2006 – Daqin Railway becomes the first Chinese railway company to be listed on a domestic Chinese stock exchange when the railway's application was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.^[6]

[edit] Births

• 1827 – Austin Corbin, president of Long Island Rail Road (d. 1896).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Signor, John R., compiler (first quarter 2006). "Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special". The Warbonnet 12 (1): p 17–29.  (The Warbonnet is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)
2. ^ Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p 389-392. 
3. ^ Amtrak (July 11, 2005). Acela Express Returns to Service. Retrieved on July 13, 2005.
4. ^ Tribune staff writers (2006-07-12). Smoke, fire fill subway. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.
5. ^ CNN (2006-07-12). Chicago subway train derails. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.
6. ^ China Knowledge (2006-07-13). Daqin Railway first rail company listed on Mainland. Retrieved on 2006-07-13.