May 6 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 6.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1856 – The newly constructed sidewheeler Effie Afton runs into one of the supports for the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River, causing a fire that destroys the bridge just two weeks after it had opened.[1]
- 1862 – The bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad is passed by the United States House of Representatives.
[edit] 20th century
- 1983 – The last Georgia Railroad mixed train is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad.
- 1994 – The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.
[edit] Births
- 1881 – Victor V. Boatner, president of Peoria and Pekin Union Railway 1921-, Chicago Great Western Railway 1929-1931 (d. 1950).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Willard, John; Quad City Times (January 31, 2006), Dinner marks 150th birthday of the first railroad crossing on the Mississippi. Retrieved January 31, 2006.
