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EVENTS

January events

January 18 - Construction on The Ghan route south of Port Augusta , Australia , begins.

February events

2006 .

May events

May 9 - The final segment of the Romania n railway between Varciorova in the south and Roman in the north opens.

Unknown date events

Fred Harvey enters a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway to build and operate the Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels that will serve the railroad's passengers.

The first Shay Locomotive is built.

The Richmond And Danville Railroad acquires the Charlotte, Columbia And Augusta Railroad .

The Canadian Engine And Machinery Company is reorganized after a bankruptcy as the Canadian Locomotive And Engine Company .

The Wilmington, Columbia And Augusta Railroad , lessee of the Wilmington And Weldon Railroad , declares Bankrupt cy.

BIRTHS

March births

March 2 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II , heir to Cornelius Vanderbilt and president of the New York Central system (d. 1944 ).

Unknown date births

Angus Daniel McDonald , president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad , 1932 – 1941 (d. 1941 ).

DEATHS

March deaths

March 29 - Mark Hopkins , a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (b. 1813 ).

Unknown date deaths

Daniel McCallum , General Superintendent of New York And Erie Railroad 1855-1858 (b. 1815 ).

REFERENCES

'' The McDonald bloodline ''. Retrieved February 15 2005 .

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