July 31 in rail transport
- July 31 in rail transport
Events
19th century
20th century
* 1917 – Simbei Kunisawa succeeds Yujiro Nakamura as president of South Manchuria Railway.
* 1944 – The last Jewish deportees train in France, carrying 1300 people, leaves Drancy deportation camp to Auschwitz.
* 1971 – The Monon Railroad is merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
* 1987 – Queen Elizabeth II presides over the opening ceremonies of the Docklands Light Railway in London, England.
* 1996 – Canadian Pacific Railway makes the last run of a grain load in a 40 ft boxcar with the final deliveries of grain to Thunder Bay, Ontario.ref|Trains-199704p17
21st century
Births
* 1820 – John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad starting in 1858, is born (d. 1884)
Deaths
* 1858 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, dies (b. 1767).
* 1885 – Robert F. Fairlie, English steam locomotive builder, dies (b. 1831).
References
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