Portal:US Railways/January 6
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- 1854 – William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway, is born (d. 1932).
- 1872 – Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad dies (b. 1834).
- 1885
– After reconstruction from massive flooding in 1884, the California Southern Railroad reopens its line connecting San Bernardino and National City, California, through Temecula Canyon.[1] - 1893 – Construction is completed on the Great Northern Railway's main line across the northern United States.[2]
- 1901 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meat packers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators, dies (b. 1832).
- 2005 – A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the Graniteville train disaster.[3]
References
- ↑ Dodge, Richard V. (1958-04-10). "The Fallbrook Line". Dispatcher (17). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Transcontinental Railroad. American Western History Museum (1999). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Norfolk Southern Freight Train 192 With Standing Norfolk Southern Local Train P22 With Subsequent Hazardous Materials Release at Graniteville, South Carolina, January 6, 2005. United States National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
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