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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 4.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1848 – The Scottish Midland Junction Railway opens.[1]
- 1873 – The Ross and Monmouth Railway's line (pictured) from Monmouth, Wales, to Ross on Wye, England, opens.
- 1883 – The first electric railway in Britain opens near Brighton.
- 1894 – The Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway in Colorado, which purchased the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad five years earlier, enters receivership.
20th century edit
- 1968 – Santa Fe Railroad discontinues the Dallas, Texas, section of the Texas Chief.[2]
21st century edit
Births edit
- 1816 – Russell Sage, director for Union Pacific Railroad, is born (d. 1906).
- 1909 – Isabel Benham, American railroad financial expert, is born (d. 2013).
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (first ed.). Sparkford: Patrick & Stevens Ltd. ISBN 1 8526 0508 1.
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.