Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 27

1866 – The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.
1903 – Frederick J. Kimball (pictured), American civil engineer who was instrumental in the formation of Norfolk and Western, dies (b. 1844).
1903 – Construction begins on the Baghdad Railway with the 200 kilometers (124 mi) segment between Konya and Bulgurlu in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey).
1996 – Ron Burns becomes president of Union Pacific Railroad.

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