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EVENTS

February events

2006 .

August events

August 18 - The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad , a predecessor of Kansas City Southern Railway , begins operations between Kansas City and Argentine .

August 19 - Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Ohio Valley Railway reorganized as the Pittsburg, Ohio Valley And Cincinnati Railroad .

November events

November 26 - The Mito Railway , in Japan , operates its first freight trains.

Unknown date events

Leland Stanford begins his term as Chairman of the Executive Committee for Southern Pacific Railroad

Charles Francis Adams, Jr. steps down from the presidency of the Union Pacific Railroad .

BIRTHS

August births

August 16 - C. P. Couch , president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939 - 1941 (d. 1955 ).

DEATHS

Unknown date deaths

Frederick H. Billings , president of Northern Pacific Railway 1879-1881 (b. 1823 ).

REFERENCES

Kansas City Southern Historical Society, '' The Kansas City Southern Lines ''. Retrieved August 15 2005 .

Morris, J. C., compiler ( 2005 .

Soylent Communications ( 2005 .