Portal:US Railways/February 28
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- 1827
– The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is chartered as the first freight common carrier railroad in the United States.[1] - 1867 – The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad is chartered in Maine.[2]
- 1893
– The first freight train to travel the length of the newly constructed transcontinental line of Great Northern Railway arrives in Seattle, Washington.[3] - 1898
– The Temple Street Cable Railway in Los Angeles, California, is sold under foreclosure.[4] - 1903 – United States President Theodore Roosevelt signs a bill authorizing the construction of Union Station in Washington, D.C.[5]
References
- ↑ Today in History: February 28. American Memory. United States Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad History. Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ Macintosh, Heather M. (1999-06-13). Freight train from the East arrives in Seattle over new transcontinental tracks on February 28, 1893. HistoryLink. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ The Street Railway History of Los Angeles. Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Washington, D.C., Chapter National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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