Portal:US Railways/February 3
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- 1880
– The New York and Long Beach Railroad, a predecessor of the Long Island Rail Road, is chartered in New York.[1] - 1859
– The Bedford Railroad is chartered in Pennsylvania to build a railroad connection to Bedford. - 1864 – The Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway is chartered in Virginia to build an extension of the Alexandria and Washington Railway from Alexandria to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- 1963 – Florida East Coast Railway operates the first train with a supervisory crew during a prolonged strike that began on January 23; the strike continues until 1977.[2]
- 1975 – Chessie System closes the South Lyon and Fowlerville stations in Michigan.[3]
- 2004
– The driver of a southbound Chicago 'L' Purple Line train drives past a signal indicating stop and collides with a standing Brown Line train south of the Merchandise Mart station; a third train also drives past the same signal and narrowly avoids colliding with the second train.[4]
References
- ↑ Long Island Rail Road History. Arrt's Arrchives. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ↑ Young, Anthony (May 1992). "The Little Railroad That Could". The Freeman. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ↑ Railroad History Timeline - 1970's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ↑ Railroad Accident Brief: Collision of Two Chicago Transit Authority Trains, Chicago, Illinois, February 3, 2004. United States National Transportation Safety Board (2004-07-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
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