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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 26.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1876 – The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway opens.[1]
20th century edit
- 1917 – United States President Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to nationalize American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration during World War I.[2]
- 1927 – Ise Railway completes electrification of the Iseden Kambe Line.
- 1976 – The second American Freedom Train tour ends in Miami, Florida.
21st century edit
- 2005 – The first section of Guangzhou Metro Line 4 opens connecting Wanshengwei to Xinzao.
Births edit
- 1854 – Charles Frederick Crocker, son of Charles Crocker of California's Big Four railroaders, president of San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad, vice president of Southern Pacific Railroad, is born (d. 1897).[3]
Deaths edit
- 1989 – Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, 1955-1964 and 1966, dies (b. 1904).[4]
References edit
- ^ Penning, Rowin (2012). "6 december 1876". Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Presidential Proclamation 1419, December 26, 1917, under authority of the Army Appropriation Act, 39 Stat. 45, August 29, 1916.
- ^ "C. F. Crocker Dead. Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Expires in San Mateo, California". New York Times. July 18, 1897. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ "Norris Roy Crump". Historica Canada: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Anthony Wilson-Smith.