August 26 in rail transport
- August 26 in rail transport
Events
* 1881 – The first train operates over the Red River Bridge into Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
* 1929 – For the first time, Canadian National Railway uses diesel locomotives to power a passenger train, with unit number 9000 on the second section of the International Limited between Montreal and Toronto.
* 1951 – Railroad operations across Canada are standardized with the introduction of the Uniform Code of Operating Rules.
* 1994 – The Dominion Atlantic Railway operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.
Births
* 1831 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880–1881 (d. 1920).[The Political Graveyard (March 10 2005), " [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts] ". Retrieved December 29 2005.] ] Deaths
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