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EVENTS

19th century

1887 – Cotton Belt Railroad predecessor Paragould And Buffalo Island Railway , in Arkansas , is incorporated.

1887 – The New York and Northern Railway (a predecessor name for the New York And Putnam Railroad ) emerges from reorganization after Foreclosure the previous July.

1897 – The Chicago 'L' begins using the downtown loop.

20th century

1933 – London, Midland And Scottish Railway 4-6-0 ''Royal Scot'' number 6152 (of the LMS Royal Scot Class locomotives) departs the Century Of Progress Exhibition in Chicago , bound for Vancouver, British Columbia .

1962 – Colorado And Southern Railroad 2-8-0 number 641 pulls the last Steam Locomotive -operated regular daily service revenue train on a Standard Gauge railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from Leadville to Climax, Colorado .

1987 – Soo Line Railroad sells 2,002 Mile s (3,222 Km ) of Track to the newly formed Wisconsin Central .

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REFERENCES

Beck, Wayne ( 2005 .

Chicago "L".org, '' Metropolitan West Side Elevated ''. Retrieved October 11 2005 .

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages ( 2005 .

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society ( 2005 .