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EVENTS

February events

February 27 - The Milwaukee Road completes the electrification of its line from Harlowton, Montana , to Avery, Idaho , 440 Mile s.

March events

March 9 - Official opening of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City .

March 12 - The Pere Marquette Railroad is reincorporated as the Pere Marquette Railway .

March 19 - The United States Supreme Court upholds the eight-hour workday for railroads.

April events

April 21 - Colorado Midland declares Bankrupt cy for the second time, but the company will not be able to recover from this bankruptcy.

May events

May 9 - Completion of the 784 km-long railway line linking the port of Djibouti in French Somaliland to Addis Ababa , the capital of Ethiopia .

December events

December 12 - In Mouane , in the French Alps , a grossly overloaded troop train jumps the tracks after the brakes fail. At least 543 are killed, hundreds more are injured by official count. The actual count is assumed to be higher. Until 1981 it was the worst train wreck in history.

December 26 - United States President Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession And Control Act to nationalize American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration during World War I .

December 28 - The United States Railroad Administration officially takes control of American railroads.

Unknown date events

The Tanana Valley Railroad in Fairbanks, Alaska (a predecessor of the Alaska Railroad ) enters receivership.

The Arcade And Attica Railroad is incorporated.

The longest Cantilever Bridge in the world, Canadian National Railway 's bridge across the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City , opens for rail traffic.

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REFERENCES

Middleton, William D., (February 2002 ), Quebec lights up its big bridge, ''Trains Magazine'', p. 16-17.