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EVENTS
19th century
1868
– The
Kalamazoo And Grand Rapids Railroad
is incorporated in
Michigan
.
20th century
1901
– The
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
purchases the
Stuttgart And Arkansas River Railroad
in
Arkansas
.
1906
– At the annual stockholder's meeting, the charter for the
Cleveland Short Line Railway
is amended to specify
Collinwood, Ohio
and
Rockport, Ohio
as the terminals of the railroad.
1912
–
Canadian Pacific Railway
leases the
Dominion Atlantic Railway
in
Nova Scotia
.
1986
– The
Vancouver SkyTrain
begins operations between
Vancouver
's waterfront and
New Westminster
.
21st century
2005
–
Kansas City Southern
names
Arthur Shoener
, formerly a vice president at
Union Pacific Railroad
, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and
Texas-Mexican Railway
divisions.
BIRTHS
1810
–
Henry Keyes
, president of the
Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway
1869
–
1870
(d.
1870
).
1816
–
Samuel C. Pomeroy
, president of the
Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway
1863
-
1868
(d.
1891
).
1900
–
C.L. Dellums
, cofounder of the
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters
(d.
1989
)
DEATHS
REFERENCES
Beck, Wayne (
2005
.
''
History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
''. Retrieved
August 6
2005
.
(
2005
.