April 7 in rail transport
- April 7 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1890 – The Ivorydale and Mill Creek Valley Railway is incorporated in Ohio as a local switching company for the Procter & Gamble plant in Cincinnati. [cite web| author=Morris, J. C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio| url=http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1890.html| date=December 31 1902| title=Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II: History of the Railroads of Ohio| accessdate=April 7| accessyear=2006| ]
20th century
* 1903 – Apalachicola Northern Railroad, later to become AN Railway, is chartered.
* 1907 – Just one week after construction is completed on the Barnwell and Searchlight Railway connecting Barnwell, California, and Searchlight, Nevada, the railway is leased to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
* | url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| accessdate=April 7| accessyear=2006| ]
* 1957 – New York City trolleys run for the last time.
* 1992 – A passenger train travelling from Bitragunta to Vijayawada, India, passes a signal at danger and runs into a stationary freight train near Tenali; 20 passengers die and many more are injured. [cite web| author=Indian Railways Fan Club| year=2005| url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html| title=IR History: Part - V (1970 - 1995)| accessdate=April 7| accessyear=2006| ]
21st century
Births
Deaths
* 2006 – Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, dies (b. 1913). [cite journal| journal=Trains| title=Obituaries| pages=p 17| month=August| year=2006| id=ISSN 0041-0934| volume=66| issue=8| ]
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