June 14 in rail transport
- June 14 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1873 – The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway is reorganized with greater capital as the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad.
20th century
* 1901 – The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad.
* 1936 – The M-10004 streamliner trainset enters service on the "City of San Francisco" passenger train.
* 1959 – The Disneyland Monorail System, in Anaheim, California, opens, becoming the first daily operating monorail in the western hemisphere.
21st century
Births
Deaths
* 1888 – Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (b. 1822).
References
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