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EVENTS

1896 – The Glasgow Subway , the third oldest Metro system in the world, begins operations in Glasgow , Scotland .

1906 – John D. Spreckels announces he will form the San Diego And Arizona Railway Company and build a 148- Mile (238 Km ) line between San Diego and El Centro, California . Spreckels has an agreement with the Southern Pacific Railroad to silently fund the project.

1953 – Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway discontinues extra-fare charges on the '' El Capitan '' Passenger Train between Chicago, Illinois , and Los Angeles, California .

BIRTHS

1794 – Erastus Corning , who established railroads in New York and was instrumental in the formation of New York Central , is born (d. 1872 ).

DEATHS

1871 – George Hudson , English railway financier, dies (b. 1800 ).

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