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EVENTS
1831
– The ''
John Bull
'', the oldest surviving operable
Steam Locomotive
, departs
Liverpool
aboard the
Steamship
''Allegheny'' bound for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
1887
– The second
Tay Rail Bridge
across the
Firth Of Tay
in
Scotland
opens.
2000
– The
United States
Surface Transportation Board
's temporary moratorium on railroad mergers is upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; the ruling contributes to the failure of the proposed
BNSF
/
CN
merger.
2004
–
Canadian National Railway
completes its purchase of
BC Rail
.
2005
–
Russia
n military
Civil Engineer
s test a new
Pontoon Bridge
for railroad use across the
Volga River
.
(RIA Novosti)
BIRTHS
DEATHS
1986
–
Raymond Loewy
,
Industrial Designer
who worked for the
Pennsylvania Railroad
designing the shape of equipment such as the
GG1
(b.
1893
).
REFERENCES
Green, Timothy C. (
2005
.
RIA Novosti (
2005
.