Portal:US Railways/January 28
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- 1892
– California Southern Railroad abandons the section through Temecula Canyon, including Fallbrook Station.[1] - 1935 – Pennsylvania Railroad operates the first test train using electric locomotives exclusively between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
- 1962 – The last Washington, D.C., streetcar completes its run at Navy Yard.[2]
- 1964
– Thomas Viaduct, in Maryland, the first multi-span masonry railroad bridge in the United States and the first to be built on a curve, is designated a National Historic Landmark. - 1973 – Amtrak introduces the Inter-American passenger train connecting Chicago to Laredo, Texas, via St. Louis, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dallas, Texas.
- 1998 – Preserved Boston and Maine Railroad Budd Rail Diesel Car #6211 is moved to Bedford, Massachusetts, for static display at the planned Bedford Depot Park.[3]
References
- ↑ Dodge, Richard V. (1959-11-15). "Perris and its Railroad". The Dispatcher (29). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ↑ Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Washington, D.C., Chapter National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ↑ A Chronology of Bedford's Railroad History. Friends of Bedford Depot Park (2006-02-02). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
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