October 11 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1887 – Cotton Belt Railroad predecessor Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway, in Arkansas, is incorporated.
* 1887 – The New York and Northern Railway (a predecessor name for the New York and Putnam Railroad) emerges from reorganization after foreclosure the previous July.
* 1897 – The Chicago 'L' begins using the downtown loop.

20th century

* 1933 – London, Midland and Scottish Railway 4-6-0 "Royal Scot" number 6152 (of the LMS Royal Scot Class locomotives) departs the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, bound for Vancouver, British Columbia.
* 1962 – Colorado and Southern Railroad 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last steam locomotive-operated regular daily service revenue train on a standard gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado.
* 1987 – Soo Line Railroad sells 2,002 miles (3,222 km) of track to the newly formed Wisconsin Central.

Births

Deaths

References

* Beck, Wayne (August 21 1998), " [http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html The history of the Cotton Belt Railroad] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.
* Chicago "L".org, " [http://www.chicago-l.org/history/chron_metro.html Metropolitan West Side Elevated] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.
* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histoct.htm This Month in Railroad History - October] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.