Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 29
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- 1878 – Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, dies (b. 1813).
- 1903 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America, dies (b. 1839)
- 1946 – The north end of Ottawa's Interprovincial Bridge (pictured) is destroyed by fire, severing Château Laurier from Hull Electric Railway passenger service.[1]
- 2005 – BNSF Railway announces that it will add a fuel surcharge based on mileage to all shipments made as of January 1, 2006, making BNSF the first railway to do so.
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- ^ Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Retrieved on March 28, 2006.
