Portal:US Railways/March 1
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- 1837
– The Long Island Rail Road extends regular service to Hicksville, New York.[1] - 1870 – The New York and Hempstead Plains Rail Road, later part of the Long Island Rail Road, is incorporated in New York.[1]
- 1920 – The United States Railroad Administration returns control of the nation's railroad system to the railroad companies involved.
- 1936
– Nearly 4,000 people are moved to higher ground via the Johnstown Inclined Plane in Pennsylvania to escape massive flooding in the area. - 1937
– Southern Pacific Railroad inaugurates the Coast Daylight passenger train pulled by its new GS-2 class of steam locomotives between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. - 1955 – The eastbound California Zephyr, while traveling through Ruby Canyon which crosses the border between Utah and Colorado, sees its first on-train birth as Peter Zars is born.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Long Island Rail Road History. Arrt's Arrchives. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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