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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 3.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1854 – The Brooklyn City Railroad, the oldest streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York, opens for passenger service.
- 1869 – Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad subsidiary Kansas City and Cameron Railroad opens the Hannibal Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River, connecting its namesake cities.
- 1874 – The first revenue trains on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad operate between Denver and Morrison, Colorado.
- 1884 – The first Dow Jones average, the predecessor of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is published; of the eleven companies included in the average, nine of them are American railroads.[1]
20th century edit
- 1918 – The 121st Street station on New York City Subway's BMT Jamaica Line opens.
- 1938 – The steam locomotive LNER 4468 Mallard sets the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h).
- 1957 – The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad abruptly ceases to carry passengers at 12:13pm.
- 1983 – Chicago and North Western Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of the line into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.[2]
- 1995 – The extension of Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line connecting Frunzenskaya to Pushkinskaya opens.
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References edit
- ^ "Charles Dow, the History of the Dow Jones Averages, Dow Jones Averages Chronology 1884 - 1995". Retrieved February 6, 2006.
- ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines. 32 (1). Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society: 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.