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EVENTS

1851 – Pennsylvania Railroad opens sections of its line from Lockport , Pennsylvania , to Beatty (west of Latrobe ) and from Pittsburgh to Brinton .

1908 – The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad 's 2,775 Ft (846 M ) long Battle River bridge, standing 195 ft (60 m) above the river, is completed.

1929 – Ottawa Electric Railway discontinues Streetcar service between Carling Avenue and the Experimental Farm.

1998 – The Surface Transportation Board gives preliminary approval to Dakota, Minnesota And Eastern Railroad 's application to build into the Powder River Basin , pending completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.

BIRTHS

1795 – Matthias W. Baldwin , American Steam Locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works , is born (d. 1866).

1915 – William N. Deramus III , president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949-1957, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1957-1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961-1973, is born (d. 1989).

DEATHS

1923 – Thomas George Shaughnessy , president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899-1918, dies (b. 1853).

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