Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 19

1854 – Whitmell P. Tunstall (pictured), first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, dies (b. 1810)
1862 – The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road, a predecessor of the Long Island Rail Road and the first steam locomotive-powered railroad to reach Coney Island, is incorporated.
1983 – Pere Marquette 1225 is moved from the campus of Michigan State University to the former Ann Arbor Railroad shops at Owosso, Michigan, to begin its restoration to operating condition.

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