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EVENTS

January events

January 3 - Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia .

January 22 The Florida East Coast Railway opens its rail connection to Key West .

February events

February 27 - Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway ) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia .

November events

November 24 The Pennsylvania Railroad ’s premier Chicago to New York train is christened the “Broad Way Limited”, named for the railroad’s four-track main line, not the New York City theatre district.

Unknown date events

Oliver Robert Hawke Bury steps down from the General Manager position at the Great Northern Railway in England .

BIRTHS

Unknown date births

W. Graham Claytor Jr. , president of Amtrak 1982 - 1993 (d. 1994 ).

DEATHS

Unknown date deaths

Eli H. Janney , inventor of the knuckle Coupler (b. 1831 ).

REFERENCES

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'' Norfolk Southern Railway ''. Retrieved February 22 2005 .

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