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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 23.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1874 – East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania operates its first revenue trains.[1]
20th century edit
- 1934 – The Broadway-Rensselaer streetcar line in Albany, New York, operated by United Traction Company, is abandoned.[2]
- 1961 – Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company, in Nova Scotia, ceases operations.[3]
- 1983 – In preparation for a sale of the Alaska Railroad's assets to the state of Alaska, the United States Railway Association sets the railroad's fair market value at $22.3 million.[1][4]
- 1988 – Boston and Maine Railroad's former Connecticut River Railroad line is transferred to Amtrak for the restoration of Montrealer service, which later becomes Amtrak's Vermonter.[1]
Births edit
Deaths edit
- 1940 – Hale Holden, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1914-1918 and 1920-1929, chairman of the board of directors for Southern Pacific Railroad 1932-1939, dies (b. 1869).[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- ^ Mohawk and Hudson Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2003). "Albany Area Railroads: History and Context". Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- ^ Smith, Ivan (March 29, 2005). "History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia". Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- ^ Alaska Railroad (2005). "The Alaska Railroad - History". Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- ^ "Hale Holden". Railway Age Gazette. 57 (10): 428. September 4, 1914. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ Ingham, John N. (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Vol. 2. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 594–5. ISBN 0-313-23908-8. Retrieved December 2, 2013.