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EVENTS

1876 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Company officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway .

1882 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York , and Chicago, Illinois .

1963 – The Nickel Plate Road together with the Wabash Railroad and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable Norfolk And Western Railway (N&W).

BIRTHS

1803 – Robert Stephenson , English Steam Locomotive builder, is born (d. 1859 ).

DEATHS

1938 – Henry Fowler , Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909 - 1923 and the London, Midland And Scottish Railway 1925 - 1931 , dies (b. 1870 ).

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