June 9 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on June 9.

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

• 1881 – The Canada Central Railway is merged into the Canadian Pacific Railway.
• 1883 – First commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago.

[edit] 20th century

• 1959 – The Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, commuter railway serving Chicago's western suburbs, ceases operations.

[edit] 21st century

• 2005 – Service is restored on the Alaska Railroad after the Moody Tunnel was closed for three days due to damage when a large forklift loaded on a southbound train struck one of the tunnel's timber supports, causing a partial collapse of the tunnel.^[1]
• 2005 – FreightCar America's (formerly Johnstown America Corporation) first new railroad car built at the company's Roanoke, Virginia, plant is delivered to Norfolk Southern. The car delivered was a coal hopper car, which is typical of the majority of cars that will be built there; the Norfolk plant was once owned by Norfolk Southern.^[2]

[edit] Births

• 1781 – George Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder (d. 1848).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• brainyhistory.com

1. ^ Gay, Joel (June 10, 2005). Crews clear out railroad tunnel; traffic resumes. Retrieved on June 10, 2005.
2. ^ FreightCar America (June 9, 2005). "FreightCar America's Roanoke, Virginia Manufacturing Facility Delivers Its First Production Railcar". Press release. Retrieved on 2005-06-14.