Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 28
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- 1829 – Albert Bowman Rogers (pictured), American surveyor who found Rogers Pass for the Canadian Pacific Railway, is born (d. 1889).
- 1872 – The Columbus and Toledo Railroad in Ohio is incorporated.
- 1881 – Albert Bowman Rogers (pictured) on his birthday discovers the pass through the Rocky Mountains that would bear his name, Rogers Pass.
- 1990 – An Alaska Railroad train derails 19 tank cars near Dunbar. Approximately 170,000 gallons of diesel and jet fuel are spilled; the cleanup efforts last nearly three weeks.
