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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 23.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1884 – The Iron Railroad in Ohio is reincorporated as the Iron Railway.[1]
- 1898 – Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 3,000th new steam locomotive.[2]
- 1899 – After successfully lobbying for a change in Canadian Federal regulations and a new city by-law to allow the service, the Ottawa Electric Railway begins Sunday operations.[3]
20th century
[edit]- 1974 – Shin-Koshigaya Station on what is now the Tobu Skytree Line in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, is opened.[4]
- 1984 – The Dublin Area Rapid Transit opens, serving Dublin with an electrified rapid transit service for commuters. The original route was from Howth to Bray.
21st century
[edit]- 2012 – Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announces that it will purchase RailAmerica in a deal that is valued at $1.39 billion.[5][6]
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 1883 – Ginery Twichell, president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad beginning in 1857, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1870–1873 (b. 1811).[7]
- 1909 – Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer who established the first Congo railway (b. 1844).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Morris, J. C. (1902). Ohio Railway Report. Retrieved July 19, 2005.
- ^ "Supply Trade Notes". The Railway Age. XXXII (16). Chicago, IL: 446. October 18, 1901. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 3, 2004. Retrieved July 19, 2005.
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ Associated Press (July 23, 2012). "Genesee & Wyoming to pay $1.39B for RailAmerica". STL Today.com. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "UPDATE 4-Genesee & Wyoming to buy RailAmerica for $1.4 billion". Reuters. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ * Waters, Lawrence L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. pp. 43–44.
- ^ "July 23 Deaths in History". Brainymedia.com. 2005. Retrieved July 19, 2005.