Portal:US Railways/January 1
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- 1857
– The Auburn and Port Clinton Railroad is merged into the Allentown Railroad. - 1887 – The Boston and Lowell Railroad, in New England, leases the lines that form the Passumpsic Division.
- 1920
– Operating control of the Valpo Local line in Indiana is returned from the Pennsylvania Company to the Pennsylvania Railroad.[1] - 1950
– The Atlantic and Yadkin Railway, in North Carolina, is merged into the Southern Railway. - 2005 – More stringent emission control regulations governing locomotive exhaust in the United States come into effect.
References
- ↑ Corporate Genealogy - Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago. Interstate Commerce Commission.
See also
