July 11 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 11.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
[edit] 20th century
- 1905 – The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles, California.[1][2]
- 1910 – Construction begins on the Sheridan Railway in Sheridan, Wyoming.
- 1914 – The Karkamış to Ceylanpınar line of the Baghdad Railway opens.
- 1942 – A section of the Sind Peshin State Railway in the Chappar Rift, in present day Pakistan, is destroyed by a flash flood; the line has not been rebuilt.
- 2000 – VIA Rail Canada announces that it will use five sleeper cars leased from Amtrak for runs between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba.
[edit] 21st century
- 2005 – Amtrak resumes limited Acela Express service with four daily departures each from New York and Washington, DC.[3]
- 2006 – A series of bombs explode aboard commuter trains on the Mumbai Suburban Railway in India.
- 2006 – A derailment and subsequent fire on the Blue Line of the Chicago 'L' system closes the line just after 5:00 PM Central time.[4][5]
- 2006 – Daqin Railway becomes the first Chinese railway company to be listed on a domestic Chinese stock exchange when the railway's application was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.[6]
[edit] Births
- 1827 – Austin Corbin, president of Long Island Rail Road (d. 1896).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Signor, John R., compiler (first quarter 2006). "Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special". The Warbonnet 12 (1): p 17-29. (The Warbonnet is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)
- ^ Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p 389-392.
- ^ Amtrak (July 11, 2005). Acela Express Returns to Service. Retrieved on July 13, 2005.
- ^ Tribune staff writers (2006-07-12). Smoke, fire fill subway. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
- ^ CNN (2006-07-12). Chicago subway train derails. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
- ^ China Knowledge (2006-07-13). Daqin Railway first rail company listed on Mainland. Retrieved on July 13, 2006.
