January 16 in rail transport
- January 16 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1836 – The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.
* 1868 – William Davis, a fish merchant in Detroit, Michigan, is awarded a U.S. patent for his refrigerator car design. [cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1860s/TimeLine1860sBackUp.htm| title=Railroad History Timeline: 1860| work=Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum| accessdate=2007-01-10| ] [cite web| url=http://www.todayinsci.com/1/1_16.htm| title=Today in Science History: January 16| accessdate=2007-01-10| ]
* 1889 – The Mito Railway begins passenger train operations on what is now the Jōban Line between Mito and Oyama, Japan.
20th century
* 1928 – A group of investors led by Harvey C. Couch, who would later also control the Kansas City Southern Railway, gains control of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. [cite web| url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm| title=The Kansas City Southern Lines| author=Pitcher, Charles, Manager of DOT Compliance, KCS| date=July 1950| publisher=Kansas City Southern Historical Society| accessdate=2007-01-10| ]
* 1958 – The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority extends subway service to Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue in Queens. [cite web| author=New York City Transit| title=New York City Transit - History and Chronology| url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm| accessdate=2007-01-10| ]
* 1990 – Canada's Minister of Transport approves the standardized Canadian Rail Operating Rules. [cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2006-11-28| accessdate=2007-01-10| ]
21st century
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