- February 9 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1857 – The
Central Pacific Railroad is incorporated inNebraska Territory to build a railroad from theMissouri River through theRocky Mountains toWashington Territory . [cite web| title=An Act to Incorporate the Central Pacific Railroad Company| url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/P?mal:29:./temp/~ammem_5Auu::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib,consrvbib,bdsbib,dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib,horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbell,bbcards,dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm,scsm,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mffbib,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed,aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,mfd,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic,afcpearl,awh,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt,lhbcbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs| work= [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress] | year=1858| accessdate=2006-05-18| ]
* 1865 – TheColorado and Clear Creek Railroad , predecessor to theColorado Central Railroad , is chartered.
* 1875 – The first train passes through theHoosac Tunnel inMassachusetts ; the tunnel remains the longest railroad tunnel inNorth America east of theRocky Mountains .
* 1880 – TheAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad , building southwestward fromKansas , reachesSanta Fe, New Mexico .
* 1899 –Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway purchases theMinneapolis, New Ulm and Southern .20th century
* 1957 – A steam pipe leading to the braking system of ex-
LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 number 48188 breaks as the train it is hauling crests the summit of a 1 in 58 gradient nearBuxton inDerbyshire ,England . DriverJohn Axon was killed in the resulting collision after he stayed with his accelerating train in an attempt to regain control despite the scalding steam on the footplate, an act for which he was posthumously awarded theGeorge Cross .
* 1971 – AZurich -bound TEE train derails atAitrang ,Germany , due to excess speed and is hit by arailbus . 28 die and 42 are injured.21st century
* 2005 –
BNSF Railway announces that it has begun planning for the construction of a new intermodal containertransload facility near the port ofLos Angeles, California .Births
* 1836 –
Franklin B. Gowen , president of thePhiladelphia and Reading Railroad 1866 –1883 (d.1889 ).Deaths
* 1901 –
Fred Harvey ,restaurateur who founded theHarvey House chain of restaurants and hotels to serve passengers of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (b. 1835).
* 1943 –Walter Kidde , president ofNew York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 1937–1943 (b. 1877). [cite book| title=The New York Susuquehanna & Western Railroad| author=Robert E. Mohowski| year=2003| publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press| id=ISBN 0-8018-7222-7 ]References
* Santa Fe Railroad (
1945 ), "Along Your Way", Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
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