May 24 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 24.
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[edit] 19th century
- 1830 – The first revenue trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operate between Baltimore and Endicott's Mills, Maryland, a distance of 13 miles (21 km).
[edit] 20th century
- 1931 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the first air conditioned passenger train, the Columbian, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.
- 1961 – The Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha passenger train makes its final run between Chicago, Illinois, and Tacoma, Washington.
[edit] 21st century
- 2005 – SNCF announces that a new high speed train connection between Paris and Frankfurt will be built; it is expected to open in 2007, with ridership estimates as high as 1.5 million per year.
- 2005 – Railpower Technologies announces that an as-yet unnamed United States Class I railroad has placed a firm order for ten Green Goat hybrid locomotives. The locomotives will be manufactured at plants in Calgary, Alberta, Boise, Idaho, and Longview, Texas.
