March 3 in rail transport
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Events
19th century
* 1849 – The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri. [cite web | year=1960 | url=http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/history/100years.cfm | title=100 Years of Service | accessdate=2006-04-20]
* 1859 – Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur. [Northern Railway of India, " [http://www.northrail.org/scripts/static/history.aspx History Of Northern Railway] ". Retrieved March 3 2006.]
20th century
* 1944 – More than 500 people die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Balvano train disaster in Italy when a steam locomotive-hauled train stalls in a tunnel.
* 1997 – Union Pacific Railroad reopens the former Western Pacific Railroad Feather River Canyon line in California after repairs are made from flooding that occurred in January. [Union Pacific Railroad, " [http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/uprr-chr.shtml Chronological History] ". Retrieved March 3 2006.]
21st century
Births
* 1831 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist, and founder of the Pullman Company, is born (d. 1897).
Deaths
References
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