Portal:US Railways/January 9
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- 1830 – Construction begins on the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, which is now part of Norfolk Southern Railway.
- 1882 – The first train from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Cincinnati Northern Railway, departs for Dayton, Ohio.
- 1911 – A snowstorm deposits more than nine feet of snow on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, halting rail traffic on the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad.[1]
- 1916 – Pennsylvania Railroad suspends its Federal Express passenger train service due to freight congestion on the New Haven Railroad.
- 2003 – Following its purchase of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and its subsidiaries, operations begin on the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway in New England, Quebec and New Brunswick.[2]
References
- ↑ Railroad History Timeline - 1910's. RRHX: Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-11-28). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
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