September 20 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 20.
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[edit] Events
- 1853 – Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens.
- 1873 – In order to contain the Panic of 1873, brought on by the failure of Jay Cooke and Company in financing the Northern Pacific Railway, the New York Stock Exchange halts all trading and closes for ten days.
- 1997 – RaiLink Southern Ontario begins operations on the former Canadian National Railway Hagersville subdivision between Nanticoke and Brantford.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1820 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox used on steam locomotives (d. 1893).
- 1872 – Death Valley Scotty (born Walter Edward Scott), con man who chartered the Scott Special record-breaking run on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1905 (d. 1954).[2]
[edit] Deaths
- 1935 – William W. Atterbury, president of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935 (b. 1866).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ RailAmerica history
- ^ Signor, John R., compiler (first quarter 2006). "Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special". The Warbonnet 12 (1): p 17–29. (The Warbonnet is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Indiana. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
