September 5 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 5.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1836 – The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.
- 1872 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward from Newton, Kansas, reaches Dodge City, Kansas.
- 1876 – The first through train from San Francisco, arrives in Los Angeles, after travelling over the Southern Pacific Railroad's newly completed Tehachapi Loop.
[edit] 20th century
- 1986 – The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad begins operations in Minnesota and South Dakota.
[edit] 21st century
- 2001 – The extension of Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line connecting Avtozavodskaya to Mogilevskaya opens.
[edit] Births
- 1887 – Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944–1945 (d. 1945).
[edit] Deaths
- 2004 – Nelson W. Bowers, president of the National Railway Historical Society 1983-1987 (b. 1931).
[edit] References
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
