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EVENTS
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
BIRTHS
DEATHS
1909
–
Henry H. Rogers
,
American
Financier
who helped finance and build the
Virginian Railway
(b.
1840
).
REFERENCES
Bombardier (
2005
.
RailStaff (
2005
.