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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 21.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1836 – Canada's first railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, is opened.
- 1877 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike for the workers killed in Baltimore, Maryland, the day before. Rioting erupts throughout Pittsburgh as a result.
20th century edit
- 1904 – The Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
- 1971 – A fast train from Basel to Copenhagen derails due to a technical failure in the Class 103 engine; 23 die and 121 are injured.
- 2000 – Manchester Metrolink, in Manchester, England, is extended to Eccles.
21st century edit
- 2001 – Four passenger cars on the Mangalore Mail commuter train heading for Chennai derail while crossing the Kadalundi River near Kozhikode, India, killing 57 people. See: Kadalundi River rail disaster.
- 2003 – A tornado knocks down most of the former Erie Railroad's Kinzua Bridge.[1]
- 2005 – A second series of explosions occur on the London Underground just two weeks after the previous attacks
- 2005 – Union Pacific 844, the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad, makes a series of break-in runs after the most extensive overhaul of an operating steam locomotive in the United States since the 1950s.[2][3]
- 2005 Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell presides over and cuts the ribbon for the opening ceremony on Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad's new branch to Homer City, Pennsylvania.[4]
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References edit
- ^ Alward, Daniel (2005). "Kinzua Bridge In McKean County Pennsylvania". Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- ^ Union Pacific Railroad (July 20, 2005). "Union Pacific Railroad's Historic Steam Locomotive No. 844 Coming to Omaha". Retrieved July 23, 2005.
- ^ "UP offers GPS tracking of steam excursions". Trainboard.com. July 21, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2005. Includes photos of UP 844 break-in runs on July 21.
- ^ Harper, Margaret (July 27, 2005). "Railroad returns: Route ready for transportation of coal to Homer City". The Penn Online. Retrieved July 27, 2005.