July 13 in rail transport
- July 13 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1836 – John Ruggles is awarded US patent|1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.
* 1887 – The Chateaugay Railway, a predecessor of the Delaware and Hudson Railway, is incorporated. [cite web| author=Bridge Line Historical Society| date=February 1 2004| url=http://www.bridge-line.org/blhs/history.html| title=D&H History| accessmonthday=July 12 | accessyear=2004| ]
* 1887 – The second Tay Rail Bridge across the Firth of Tay in Scotland opens.
* 1900 – In Paris, France, the Montmartre funicular opens.
20th century
* 1903 – Danbury Union Station in Danbury, Connecticut, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, opens.
* 1987 – Union Pacific Railroad files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
21st century
* 2005 – In the Ghotki rail crash, a passenger train stopped at the Ghotki, Pakistan, train station is hit from behind by a train that missed a signal; more than 100 fatalities are reported. [cite web| author=Bloomberg.com: Asia| date=July 13 2005| url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=agOCVQfRCCIM&refer=asia| title=Pakistan Triple-Train Crash Leaves 109 People Dead| accessmonthday=July 13 | accessyear=2005| ] [cite web| author=Xinhua| year-July 13 2005| url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/13/content_3214928.htm| title=Pakistani leaders express deep sorrow over train accident| accessmonthday=July 13 | accessyear=2005| ] [cite web| author=Associated Press| date=July 13 2005| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8557203/| title=3 trains collide in Pakistan; 112 dead| accessmonthday=July 13 | accessyear=2005| ]
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