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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 24.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1870 – The first railroad car to travel the entire distance from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast of the United States arrives in New York City.
- 1877 – Joel Tiffany is awarded U.S. patent 193,357 for his design of the first successful refrigerator car.
20th century edit
- 1937 – Walter Kidde is appointed as trustee of the bankrupt New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway.[1]
- 1986 – The United States Interstate Commerce Commission denies the merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad citing an excessive amount of parallel track as one reason for the denial.
- 1996 – Louis Gallois, former president of the Aerospatiale, becomes president of the SNCF in replacement of Loïk Le Floch-Prigent, imprisoned for being suspected of being part of the Elf Aquitaine scandal.
21st century edit
- 2013 – An Alvia high-speed train traveling from Madrid to Ferrol, Spain, derails at high speed on a curve, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. See also: Santiago de Compostela derailment
Births edit
Deaths edit
- 1853 – Hezekiah C. Seymour, chief engineer for Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad, dies (b. 1811).
- 1883 – Thomas Swann, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1847-1853, dies (b. 1809).
- 1892 – Thomas Nickerson, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1874–1880, dies (born 1810).[2]
References edit
- ^ Mohowski, Robert E. (2003). The New York Susuquehanna & Western Railroad. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7222-7.
- ^ Atchison, Topeka (January 1, 1903). The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Auxiliary Companies: Annual Meetings, Directors and Officers. Vol. 8. Santa Fe Railway Company. p. 10.