August 27 in rail transport
- August 27 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1828 – The 67 km (42 miles) Andrézieux-Roanne line is authorized in France.
* 1867 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.[cite web| author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histaug.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History: August| date=2005| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ]
* 1894 – Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway opens the segment between Fort-Coulonge and Waltham, Quebec, a line segment that was completed in February 1888.[cite web| title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2006-07-30| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ] 20th century
* 1913 – Jule Murat Hannaford succeeds Howard Elliott as president of Northern Pacific Railway. [cite book| author=Howson, Elmer T., D. A. Steel, and J. B. Tebo, editors| title=The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1922 edition| location=New York| publisher=Simmons-Boardman| year=1922| page=267 ]
* 1946 – The last T1 class steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Pennsylvania Railroad enters service.
* 1956 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway, in British Columbia, holds official opening ceremonies to celebrate the beginning of service over its line (which occurred on June 11 1956).[cite web| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=August 22 2006| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ]
* 1957 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operates its last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train.
* 1993 – The Green Bay and Western Railroad and the Fox River Valley Railroad are merged into a new Wisconsin Central subsidiary, the Fox Valley and Western Railroad.
* 1997 – Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) form a team composed of UP managers, union employees and FRA representatives to review safety policies and procedures across the UP system.[cite web| url=http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/uprr-chr.shtml| author=Union Pacific Railroad| title=Union Pacific Chronological History| accessdate=2006-08-25| ] ] 21st century
Births
Deaths
* 1891 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868, dies (b. 1816).
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