Portal:US Railways/February 29
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- 1838 – The Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey receives authorization to purchase Belvidere Delaware Rail Road stock.
- 1948 – Santa Fe Railroad re-equips the Super Chief with all new cars from Pullman-Standard and implements a daily schedule for both it and the El Capitan between Chicago and Los Angeles.
- 1988 – The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad is renamed to Illinois Central Railroad.[1]
- 2000 – The United States National Mediation Board issues a decision in a dispute between Union Pacific Railroad, the United Transportation Union and the Broterhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen asserting that train crew reductions to a single employee do not constitute a new job craft or class.[2]
References
- ↑ Twigs and Branches From Greene County Indiana. Ancestry.com (2008-02-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ United States National Mediation Board (2000-02-29). Re: United Transportation Union (UTU) and Employees of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Press release. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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