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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
.
BIRTHS
DEATHS
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
.