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1913 – New York City 's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest Train Station to date.

1933 – The San Diego And Arizona Eastern Railway is incorporated and assumes all operations of the San Diego And Arizona Railway .

1946 – Henry G. Ivatt is promoted to Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland And Scottish Railway , succeeding Charles Fairburn .

1968 – The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form the Penn Central . Terms of the merger with the New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad have not yet been agreed with the Interstate Commerce Commission ; in the interim, the Penn Central will financially support the New Haven.

1979 – The Southern Railway 's '' Southern Crescent '' becomes Amtrak 's '' Crescent '' as Southern discontinues independent Passenger Train service.

1988 – MBTA restores Passenger Train service to Rhode Island , but only during peak rush-hour times.

''' takes ownership of the railway effective with the next train out of the yard at 2:45 AM.

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REFERENCES

Gilchinski, Steve (May 1995 ), "New owners for the black bear", ''Trains Magazine'', p. 17-18.