Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 24

1816 – Daniel Gooch (pictured), Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway in England, is born (d. 1889).
1835 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens its line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
1916 – After a bankruptcy, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad is reorganized as the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (often called the "Frisco").
1945 – The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which had operated between Merced, California, and Yosemite National Park, runs its last trains.^[1]

References

^ Guest, Clayton J. (June 13, 2002). "Time Line of Major Events". YosemiteValleyRailroad.com. Retrieved August 24, 2008.