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19th Century
1869
– The
Golden Spike
is driven at
Promontory Summit, Utah
, on the
First Transcontinental Railroad
in
North America
.
1873
– The
Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad
, building westward from
Kansas
, reaches
Granada, Colorado
.
1893
–
New York Central
locomotive number 999 pulls a
Passenger Train
between
Batavia
and
Buffalo, New York
, reaching 112.5
Mph
(181
Km/h
); this is the first time an
American
train breaks 100 mph (161 km/h).
20th Century
1997
–
Amtrak
ceases operations of the
Chicago
-
Los Angeles
''
Desert Wind
''
Passenger Train
.
21st Century
2002
– The
Potters Bar Rail Crash
occurs at
Potters Bar
, north of
London
,
England
, when a northbound
Passenger Train
derails at high speed, killing seven and seriously injuring another eleven.
2004
–
Canadian National Railway
acquires
Bessemer And Lake Erie Railroad
and
Duluth, Missabe And Iron Range Railway
.
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DEATHS
REFERENCES
Santa Fe Railroad (
1945
), ''Along Your Way'', Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.