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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 27.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1869 – The first line of what is now Athens Metro, in Greece, opens as Athens Piraeus Railway SA.
- 1900 – The Nehru Setu railway bridge opens, becoming the longest bridge in India.[1][2]
20th century edit
- 1912 – The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia.
- 1989 – MARC service in Bowie, Maryland, is moved to Bowie State station at Bowie State University, which had room for a large park-and-ride lot and more direct access to Route 197.[3][4]
21st century edit
Births edit
- 1843 – Thomas Lowry, president of Minneapolis Street Railway 1877-1892, president of Twin City Rapid Transit, president of Soo Line Railroad 1889-1890 and 1892-1909, is born (d. 1909).
- 1850 – Henry E. Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railway in the early part of the 20th century, is born (d. 1927).
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ O’malley, L.S.S. Bihar and Orissa Gazetteers Sahabad. Dehri. p. 166. Retrieved 25 June 2011 – via Google Books.
- ^ Houlton, Sir John (1949). Bihar, the Heart of India. Orient Longmans. pp. 47–48.
- ^ "Bowie Railroad Museum". City of Bowie. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1980-89" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society.