September 6 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 6.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] 19th century

• 1869 – The first westbound train to travel the entire route of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America arrives in San Francisco, California.^[1]
• 1898 – Fifteen people are killed when two spans of the New York and Ottawa Railroad's bridge over the St. Lawrence River collapses.^[2]

[edit] 20th century

• 1918 – The Canadian Northern Railway is nationalized, later to become part of Canadian National Railway.
• 1943 – A hot box on Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional passenger train derails the train at Frankford Junction, Pennsylvania, killing 79 people.^[1]
• 1960 – Canadian National Railway drives the last spike in its new Optic-Chisel Lake, Manitoba, line.^[3]
• 1960 – Maine Central Railroad discontinues all passenger train services to become a freight-only railroad.^[1]

[edit] 21st century

• 2005 – Indonesian transport officials at a meeting in Bandar Lampung announce plans to build a trans-Sumatran railway to connect Banda Aceh to Bakauheni, a distance of 2,151 km (1,337 miles).^[4]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 1940 – Leonor F. Loree, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1901-1904, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad -1904, Delaware and Hudson Railroad 1907-1938, Kansas City Southern Railway 1918-1920, and chairman of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1926-1928 (b. 1858).^[5]
• 2004 – W. H. Krome George, director of Norfolk Southern Railway 1979-1990, dies (b, 1918).

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
2. ^ Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-08-26). Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
3. ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-08-22). Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
4. ^ "Indonesia To Build Trans-Sumatra Railway", Indonesia Relief, 2005-09-06. Retrieved on 2006-09-06. 
5. ^ Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Saga of the Kansas City Southern Lines. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.