July 22 in rail transport
- July 22 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1871 – The Canada Centrail Railway holds an official groundbreaking ceremony at Renfrew for the railroad's section between there and Sand Point, Ontario.
* 1897 – At the railroad's first stockholder meeting, the Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad. a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, officially changes its name to Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad.
20th century
* 1906 – The State Street Line, Chicago's last cable car route, ends operations.
21st century
* 2005 – Heavy rains in Irkutsk damage and washout part of the Trans-Siberian Railway.ref|RIAN-20050722
* 2005 – The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska issues a ruling against Union Pacific Railroad (UP) stating that the railroad's denial of health insurance prescription drug coverage for contraceptives violated Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids discrimination on the basis of race or gender.ref|BW-20050725
Births
* 1818 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866-1872, is born (d. 1891)
Deaths
* 1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt (pictured), heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (b. 1849).
References
# RIA Novosti (July 22 2005), " [http://en.rian.ru/business/20050722/40951573.html Train traffic limited on Trans-Siberian railroad] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.
# Business Wire (July 25 2005), " [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050725005679&newsLang=en Women Win Nationwide Sex Discrimination Case Against Union Pacific; Railroad's Refusal to Cover Contraception in Worker Health Plans Violates Law] ". Retrieved July 25 2005.
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