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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 7.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1851 – The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
20th century edit
- 1912 – Official opening ceremonies are held for the Usambara Railway in German East Africa.
- 1957 – Southern Pacific 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved; pictured) is retired from revenue service.[1]
- 1995 – Robert Krebs announces that Santa Fe Railroad stockholders overwhelmingly approve the merger of the Santa Fe with the Burlington Northern Railroad.
21st century edit
Births edit
- 1840 – Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886–1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890–1898, and Kansas City Southern Railway 1900, is born (d. 1919).
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.