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EVENTS

19th Century

1877 – Railroad workers on strike in Martinsburg, West Virginia , derail and loot a train; United States President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in Federal troops to break the strike.

20th Century

1916 – Much of the Southern Railway 's mainline in North and South Carolina is damaged or destroyed by Flood ing.

1939 – The world's first diesel-powered rack locomotive enters service on the Manitou And Pike's Peak Railway .

1945 – Canadian National Railway opens its ore dock at Port Arthur, Ontario .

1983 – The route of Amtrak 's '' California Zephyr '' is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver And Rio Grande Western Railroad .

1991 – Indian Railways inaugurates the ''Lifeline Express'' (''Jeevan Rekha'') hospital train.

1999 – Indian Railways ' '' Grand Trunk Express '' on its way to Delhi collides with derailed freight cars near Mathura , India ; 17 people die and 200 more are injured in the accident.

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REFERENCES

Indian Railways Fan Club, '' IR History: Part V (1970-1995) ''. Retrieved July 12 2005 .

Indian Railways Fan Club, '' IR History: Part VI (1995-present) ''. Retrieved July 12 2005 .

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .

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Southern Railway Historical Association, '' This Date in Southern Railway History ''. Retrieved July 12 2005 .