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1865 – Algernon S. Buford becomes president of the Richmond And Danville Railroad .

1872 – The first section of the planned railroad connection between Varciorova and Roman, Romania , opens, connecting Piteşti , Bucharest , Galaţi and Roman.

1875 – The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad , building westward from Kansas , reaches Las Animas, Colorado .

2004 – The Cape Breton And Central Nova Scotia Railway files its second application to abandon most of its trackage on Cape Breton .

BIRTHS

1755 – Oliver Evans , pioneering Steam Locomotive designer and inventor, is born (d. 1819 ).

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