June 2 in rail transport

June 2 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1859 – The organization that is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway railroad purchases the assets of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad.
* 1873 – Construction begins on Clay Street in San Francisco, California, for the first cable railway in the world, the Clay Street Hill Railroad (later to become part of the San Francisco cable car system).

20th century

* 1912 – Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railroad (predecessor of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad) begins "one-car" passenger service directly to the Chicago Loop. [cite web| url=http://www.post-trib.com/news/1026442,SSHISTORY629.article| title=South Shore Railroad history| date=2008-06-29| work=Chicago Post-Tribune| accessdate=2008-06-30| ]
* 1917 – New York City Subway's IRT Jerome Avenue Line opens.
* 1982 – The Soo Line purchases the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railroad in Minnesota.

21st century

* 2005 – Railroad workers across France go on strike to demand better wages and jobs. The strike, which began at 18:00 GMT on Wednesday, is expected to last through 6:00 GMT Friday. Nearly 40% of all TGV schedules are dropped for the duration of the strike. [cite news| author=Associated Press| date=June 2, 2005| url=http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/06/02/60103.html| title=Railroad strike upsets train service around France, causing rush-hour havoc| accessdate=2005-06-02| ]
* 2005 – Chris Green, CEO of Virgin Trains since 1992, announces that he will join the Board of Directors for Network Rail; his resignation from Virgin is scheduled for September 2005. Green began his railroad career with British Rail in 1965. [cite news| author=RailStaff| date=June 2, 2005| url=http://railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/chris-green-515.html| title=Chris Green| accessdate=2005-06-09| ]

Births

Deaths

* 1943 – John Frank Stevens, chief engineer and general manager of Great Northern Railway, vice president Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (b. 1853).

References


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