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EVENTS
19th century
1830
– In a race between the
Baltimore And Ohio Railroad
's ''
Tom Thumb
'' and a
Stagecoach
near
Ellicott's Mills, Maryland
, the horse and coach wins.
1888
– The first revenue train on the
Canada Atlantic Railway
's Chaudiere Extension departs for
Chaudiere Falls
,
Ontario
(near
Ottawa
).
1889
– The
Minneapolis And St. Cloud Railroad
is reorganized as the
Great Northern Railway
.
1893
– The
Ottawa, Arnprior And Parry Sound Railway
opens between
Ottawa
and
Arnprior
.
20th century
1936
–
Canadian Pacific Railway
4-4-4
number 3003 pulls a newly-designed lightweight
Passenger Train
at 112.5
Mph
(181
Km/h
) near
St. Telesphore, Quebec
,
Canada
.
1982
– The second stage of
Brisbane
,
Australia
, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.
1991
– The last train out of
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
, departs with six
Canadian National Railway
Diesel Locomotive
s pulling 64
Railroad Car
s and
Caboose
number 79822.
1999
–
Trillium Rail
subsidiary
Port Colborne Terminal Railway
begins operations on 41
Mile
s (66
Km
) of
Track
in
Ontario
's
Niagara Peninsula
.
BIRTHS
DEATHS
1860
–
Joseph Locke
, construction engineer of
Stockton And Darlington Railway
and
Liverpool And Manchester Railway
, chief engineer of
Grand Junction Railway
, dies (b.
1805
).
REFERENCES
About.com, ''
The Post Office and the History of Railroad Mail Service
''. Retrieved
September 18
2005
.
Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (
2005
.
Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (
2005
.
Great Northern Railway Historical Society, ''
GN History
''. Retrieved
September 18
2005
.
Smith, Ivan (
2005
.