1897 In Rail Transport

EVENTS

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July events

July 1 - The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad is reorganized as the Chicago, Indianapolis And Louisville Railway Company (later to become the Monon Railroad ).

July 12 - The Kansas, Oklahoma And Gulf Railway , a predecessor of the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway , is incorporated in the Oklahoma Territory .

July 22 - At the railroad's first stockholder meeting, the Toledo And Milwaukee Railroad . a predecessor of the Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railway , officially changes its name to Detroit, Toledo And Milwaukee Railroad .

August events

August 28 - Construction begins on the Chinese Eastern and South Manchurian lines of the Trans-Siberian Railway .

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Several smaller railroads in South Carolina are merged to form the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina, a predecessor of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad.

BIRTHS

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DEATHS

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Aretas Blood , second superintendent of American Steam Locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works (b. 1816).

REFERENCES

Ali-Dinar, Ali B., Ph.D., editor '' Today in Black History ''. Retrieved August 16 2005 .

Chicago "L".org, '' Metropolitan West Side Elevated ''. Retrieved October 11 2005 .

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