Portal:US Railways/February 27
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- 1847
– The Rock Island and La Salle Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated in Illinois. - 1854 – The Alexandria and Washington Railroad is chartered in Virginia to build from the south end of the Long Bridge (14th Street Bridge) over the Potomac River south to Alexandria.
- 1961 – Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad takes control of the Ann Arbor Railroad in Michigan.[1]
References
- ↑ Railroad History Time Line - 1960's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
See also
