February 6 in rail transport
- February 6 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1815 – The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.
* 1835 – The Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana.[New York Central Railroad (1913), " [http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html New York Central Railroad System Annual Report; History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company] ". Retrieved February 6 2006.] ]
* 1837 – The Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad is reorganized as the Northern Indiana Railroad. 20th century
* 1951 – "The Broker", a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey killing 85 people and injuring over 500 more.
21st century
* 2002 – Sabotage to some railway signal and power lines near Durban, South Africa, prevents a switch from being thrown properly, which in turn causes a commuter train to collide with a stationary freight train in the Charlotte’s Dale train crash; 24 people died and 168 more were injured in the collision.
Births
* 1864 – George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould and president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad is born (d. 1923).
Deaths
References
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