September 4 in rail transport

September 4 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1831 – The "John Bull", the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world, arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Liverpool.
* 1867 – The Boston and Albany Railroad is formed through the merger of four smaller railroads in New England.

20th century

* 1995 – The F Market heritage streetcar line in San Francisco opens using restored PCC streetcars.

21st century

Births

Deaths

* 1905 – William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway 1877-1902, dies (b. 1840).
* 1939 – Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1920-1939, dies (b. 1869). [Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.] : Northern Pacific, 1939.]

References


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