July 16 in rail transport
- July 16 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1877 – Railroad workers go on strike in Martinsburg, West Virginia, derail and loot a train; United States President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in Federal troops to break the strike.
20th century
* 1916 – Much of the Southern Railway's mainline in North and South Carolina is damaged or destroyed by flooding.
* 1939 – The world's first diesel-powered rack locomotive enters service on the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway.
* 1945 – Canadian National Railway opens its ore dock at Port Arthur, Ontario.
* 1983 – The route of Amtrak's "California Zephyr" is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
* 1991 – Indian Railways inaugurates the "Lifeline Express" ("Jeevan Rekha") hospital train.
* 1999 – Indian Railways' "Grand Trunk Express" on its way to Delhi collides with derailed freight cars near Mathura, India; 17 people die and 200 more are injured in the accident.
21st century
Births
Deaths
References
* Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html IR History: Part V (1970-1995)] ". Retrieved July 12 2005.
* Indian Railways Fan Club, " [http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html IR History: Part VI (1995-present)] ". Retrieved July 12 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July] ". Retrieved July 12 2005.
* (April 3 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved July 12 2005.
* Southern Railway Historical Association, " [http://www.srha.net/public/history/event_list.asp?D_ID=7-16 This Date in Southern Railway History] ". Retrieved July 12 2005.
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