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EVENTS
19th century
1810
–
Whitmell P. Tunstall
, first president of the
Richmond And Danville Railroad
, is born.
1880
– The
Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad
, building southwestward from
Kansas
, reaches
Albuquerque, New Mexico
.Santa Fe Railroad (
1945
), ''Along Your Way'', Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
20th century
1907
–
William N. Page
is named president of the newly formed
Virginian Railway
.
1921
–
Southern Pacific Railroad
takes delivery of
4-6-2
number
2472
(now preserved) from
Baldwin Locomotive Works
.
1
p 178.
21st century
2005
–
Amtrak
cancels all
Acela Express
trains between
Washington, DC
,
New York City
and
Boston
as cracks are found in the brakes on a majority of the trainsets' coaches.
2005
–
SEPTA
begins construction on an
$
85 million project to replace and upgrade
Signal
, communications and
Track
Switch
equipment between its
Wayne Junction
and
Glenside
stations.
BIRTHS
1889
–
A. Philip Randolph
, who organized the
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters
in
1925
(d.
1979
).
DEATHS
1819
–
Oliver Evans
, pioneering
Steam Locomotive
designer and inventor, dies (b.
1755
).
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