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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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