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July 29

George Bradshaw

• 1797 – Daniel Drew, board member and financier of the Erie Railroad, is born (d. 1879).
• 1801 – George Bradshaw (pictured), English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable, is born (d. 1853).
• 1893 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opens La Grande Station in Los Angeles, California.
• 1940 – Rail traffic is suspended in France between French-retained and German-occupied territories.

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