March 18 in rail transport
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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 18.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 19th century
- 1855 – The second Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opens for rail traffic; the bridge had rails that allowed trains of three different gauges to operate over it.
[edit] 20th century
- 1950 – Wind blows smoke and freshly fallen snow to obscure the headlight on a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train doing switching maneuvers at Ashton, Ontario; the apparently blinking light is misinterpreted as a clear signal by the engineer of an opposing train who throttles up and runs into passenger cars that were still standing on the mainline.[1]
- 1960 – Western Region of British Railways 2-10-0 standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star is named at Swindon Works to commemorate its completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R.
- 1996 – SNCF begins a construction project to renew the track ballast on the Paris-Lyon TGV line; the project is expected to last through 2006.[2]
[edit] 21st century
- 2005 – Joseph H. Boardman, head of the New York State Department of Transportation, is nominated to lead the United States Federal Railroad Administration.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 1911 – David Moffat, Colorado financier and head of nine railroads, dies (b. 1839).
[edit] References
- ^ Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area: 1950, March 18 - Canadian Pacific - Ashton. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 2006). Retrieved on 2006-03-18.
- ^ 18 mars dans les chemins de fer (French). French language Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
