October 24 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on October 24.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1853 – The Junction Railroad line from Ohio City to Toledo, Ohio, opens as part of the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad.[1]
- 1859 – The Chestnut and Walnut Street Railway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is extended to 22nd Street.[2]
- 1887 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad opens a branch line from Ashland to Schuyler, Nebraska.[3]
- 1891 – Fifteen cars and two brake vans of a freight train decouple and run out of control down 70 chains of the Lithgow Zig Zag in New South Wales, Australia, destroying five cars and one brake van.[4]
- 1892 – Illinois Central Railroad subsidiary Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad acquires the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad.[5]
[edit] 20th century
- 1903 – The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed in Canada.[6]
- 1903 – The Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway in Canada is reorganized as the Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway.[7]
- 1980 – American Financial Enterprises, then successor of the New Haven Railroad, renews the official designation of University of Connecticut as the official repository of New Haven Railroad historical records.[8]
- 1987 – Nicola Firze directs the Locos-Symphonie, a work where the horns of various locomotives are used as musical instruments, at Gare de Lyon in Paris, France.
[edit] 21st century
- 2003 – Network Rail announces it will conduct all maintenance activities in-house.[9]
[edit] Births
- 1855 – Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923, is born (d. 1944).
[edit] Deaths
- 1940 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).
[edit] References
- ^ History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. 1913 Annual Report. New York Central Railroad (1913). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Philadelphia History: Early Railroad Transportation. Independence Hall Association. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ "XXXIII: History of Railroad Construction", History of Nebraska. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Martin, David (2003). Lithgow Zig Zag. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Pitcher, Charles (July 1950). The Kansas City Southern Lines. Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-10-05). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-10-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Guide to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Archives. University of Connecticut Libraries (2004). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Our History. Network Rail. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
