December 6 in rail transport
- December 6 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1893 – The "John Bull" (pictured), the world's oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, leaves the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, under its own power, headed toward Washington, DC, for its return to the Smithsonian Institution.
20th century
* 1971 – The first Auto Train operates under the control of the Auto-Train Corporation.
* 1999 – Manchester Metrolink, in Manchester, England, is extended to Broadway.
21st century
Births
* 1860 – Howard Elliott, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1903-1913 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1913, is born. [Railway Age Gazette (August 1, 1913) pp. 177-8.]
Deaths
* 1885 – Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of Schwarzwald Railway and the Hell Valley Railway, dies (b. 1820). [cite web| work=German Wikipedia| url=http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Gerwig&oldid=9808384| title=Robert Gerwig| accessdate=December 6| accessyear=2005| ]
* 1989 – C.L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, dies (b. 1900).
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