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1881 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad , building eastward from Los Angeles, California , reach El Paso, Texas .

1937 – The New York, Ontario And Western Railway files for bankruptcy.

2005 – A fully loaded Passenger Train collides with a stopped freight train in Lampung , Indonesia ; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured.

2005 – Bombardier is awarded a contract to build a new automated People Mover system for Beijing Capital International Airport in China . On completion, the system will be Bombardier's first system in China. [http://www.bombardier.com/en/1_0/pressleft.jsp?group=1_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=null&id=2816&sCateg=1_0

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1909 – Henry H. Rogers , American Financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway (b. 1840 ).

REFERENCES

Bombardier ( 2005 .

RailStaff ( 2005 .