Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 19
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- 1923 – Canadian National Railway gains control of the Grand Trunk Railway.[1]
- 1947 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1949 – David Laney, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak 2002-present, is born.
- 1970 – Passenger service on what will become the RER A line in Paris is inaugurated between La Défense and Charles de Gaulle - Étoile (pictured) stations.
