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EVENTS

January events

January 1

--- William Stanier succeeds Ernest Lemon as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland And Scottish Railway .

--- 2005 .

March events

2006 .

April events

April 20 - The first completely Air-conditioned Sleeping Car trains began operating on the Baltimore And Ohio Railroad .

April - The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines ) purchases the Stone Harbor Railroad .

June events

, 2005 .

December events

December 29 - “Twentieth Century” a Play by Hecht and MacArthur about the New York Central train opens on Broadway .

December 31 - The last Steam -powered '' Southern Belle '' Passenger Train operates on the London, Brighton And South Coast Railway ; the train's equipment will be replaced with electric Multiple Unit cars the next day.¹

Unknown date events

The Southern Pacific Railroad gains 87% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad ( St. Louis Southwestern Railway ).²

Angus Daniel McDonald succeeds Paul Shoup as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad .

Hale Holden steps down as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company. With Holden's departure, this position is eliminated. Holden then assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company.

The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway reduces train frequencies on its subsidiary Grand Canyon Railway from twice daily to once daily.³

The Lake Shore Electric Railway in Ohio declares Bankrupt cy.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

March deaths

March 7 - William N. Page , American Civil Engineer who built the Chesapeake And Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (b. 1854 ).

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