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EVENTS

February events

February 9 - Minneapolis And St. Louis Railway purchases the Minneapolis, New Ulm And Southern .

March events

March 15 - Marylebone Station , the new London Terminus , of the Great Central Railway is opened.

June events

June 18 - Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurates the '' Imperial Limited '' Passenger Train etween Montreal, Quebec , and Vancouver, British Columbia .

July events

July 23 - After successfully lobbying for a change in Canadian Federal regulations and a new city by-law to allow the service, the Ottawa Electric Railway begins Sunday operations.

July 30 - The Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis is formed to handle switching and transfer chores in St. Louis . The sponsoring railroads are the Missouri Pacific Railroad , Iron Mountain And Southern , Wabash Railroad , Ohio And Mississippi Railroad , Louisville And Nashville Railroad and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago And St. Louis Railroad .

August events

August 8 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad predecessor Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina acquired from the Central Of Georgia its half-interest in the lease of the Georgia Railroad ; the ACL now had direct access to Atlanta, Georgia .

November events

November 15 - The New York Central railroad leases the Boston And Albany Railroad .

Unknown date events

William Cornelius Van Horne retires as president of Canadian Pacific Railway ; he is succeeded by Thomas George Shaughnessy .

Alexander J. Cassatt becomes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad .

American Car And Foundry is formed from the merger of 13 smaller rolling stock manufacturers across the United States .

Southern Car And Foundry , later to become part of American Car And Foundry , is founded in Memphis, Tennessee .

BIRTHS

Unknown date births

John W. Barriger III , president of the Monon Railroad 1946–1953, Pittsburgh And Lake Erie Railroad 1954–1964, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1965–1970 and the Boston And Maine Railroad 1973–1974 (d. 1976)

DEATHS

September deaths

September 12 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II , president of the New York Central system (b. 1843).

REFERENCES

'' John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan ''. Retrieved February 22 2005 .

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), '' RPI: Alumni hall of fame: Alexander J. Cassatt ''. Retrieved February 22 2005 .

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White, John H., Jr. ( Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, ''Railroad History'', Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.