September 1 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 1.
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[edit] 19th century
- 1865 – The English company John Trevor-Barkley begins construction on the Bucharest-Giurgiu line, the first railroad line built in the territory of Romania.
- 1873 – The first section of what would become the San Francisco cable car system, the Clay Street Line, opens.
- 1876 – The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1882 – The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad begins operations over the leased Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.
- 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway tunnel in Boston, the oldest subway tunnel in North America, opens.
[edit] 20th century
- 1981 – Illinois Terminal Railroad is purchased by Norfolk and Western Railroad.
[edit] 21st century
- 2003 – Deutsche Bahn takes over operations of Stinnes Group in Germany.
[edit] Births
- 1813 – Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California that helped build the Central Pacific Railroad's portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad (d. 1878).
