Portal:US Railways/February 4
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- 1830 – The Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.
- 1851 – The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad is incorporated in Ohio.[1]
- 1865 – The assets of Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad in Ohio are sold in bankruptcy proceedings and split between the Little Miami Railroad and Columbus and Xenia Railroad.[1]
- 1910 – Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) operates the first class MC-2 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive, the first class to be ordered by and built for SP as cab forward locomotives, for the first time in regular service.[2]
- 1934 – United Traction Company in Albany, New York, abandons the Albany-Troy and Albany-Cohoes streetcar lines, replacing the service with buses.[3]
- 1961 – Lehigh Valley Railroad discontinues the Black Diamond passenger train service.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris, J.C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs (1902-12-31). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved on 2006-02-04.
- ↑ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
- ↑ Albany area railroads: History and context. Mohawk and Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2003). Retrieved on 2006-02-04.
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