Portal:US Railways/February 14
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- 1845
– In a ride from Relay, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., James K. Polk becomes the first U.S. President Elect to ride a train (Andrew Jackson became the first sitting U.S. President to ride a train in 1833).[1] - 1854 – Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1928, is born (d. 1928).[2]
- 1974 – Amtrak introduces the Black Hawk passenger train service between Chicago, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa.
- 1975 – Grand Trunk Western Railway discontinues freight service on the Lakeland to Jackson, Michigan, line.[3]
- 2005
– The San Diego Electric Railway Association in California salvages the body shell of car 357 (formerly of the Bellingham, Washington, streetcar system) from a Centre City San Diego restaurant site where it had been used as a "dining room" since 1972.[4]
References
- ↑ Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ↑ Pitcher, Charles (July 1950). "The Kansas City Southern Lines". KCS Newsfolder. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ↑ Railroad History Time Line - 1970's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ↑ San Diego Electric Railway Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
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