September 20 in rail transport
- September 20 in rail transport
Events
* 1853 – Indianapolis's Union Station, the first union station in the United States, opens.
* 1873 – In order to contain the Panic of 1873, brought on by the failure of Jay Cooke and Company in financing the Northern Pacific Railway, the New York Stock Exchange halts all trading and closes for ten days.
* 1997 – RaiLink Southern Ontario begins operations on the former Canadian National Railway Hagersville subdivision between Nanticoke and Brantford.[ [http://www.railamerica.com/history.htm RailAmerica history] ] ] Births
* 1820 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox used on steam locomotives (d. 1893).
* 1872 – Death Valley Scotty (born Walter Edward Scott), con man who chartered the "Scott Special" record-breaking run on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1905 (d. 1954). [cite journal| journal=The Warbonnet| title=Death Valley Scotty's "Coyote" Special| author=Signor, John R., compiler| year=2006| month=first quarter| pages=p 17–29| volume=12| issue=1| ("The Warbonnet" is the official journal of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society)]
Deaths
* 1935 – William W. Atterbury, president of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935 (b. 1866).[The Political Graveyard (March 10 2005), " [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Indiana] ". Retrieved December 30 2005.] ] References
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