February 20 in rail transport
- February 20 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1849 – The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster. [Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31 1902), " [http://www.railsandtrails.com/ohiorailwayreport/1902/1840.html Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio] ". Retrieved February 20 2006.]
20th century
* 1980 – Canadian Pacific Railway officially abandons its Eganville subdivision, including tracks between Payne and Douglas, Ontario. [Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17 2006), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] ". Retrieved February 20 2006.]
* 1998 – The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad files an application with the Surface Transportation Board to build new railroad track to haul coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
21st century
* 2006 – Chicago Transit Authority holds groundbreaking ceremonies for the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project to repair its aging infrastructure and increase passenger capacity at Brown Line stations.
Births
* 1848 – E. H. Harriman, the executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the turn of the 20th century, is born (d. 1909).
Deaths
References
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