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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 30.
Events
edit19th century
edit- 1898 – The Société des Chemins de fer vicinaux du Mayumbe (CVM) is created to build and operate a network of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railways in the province of Lower Congo, in the Congo Free State, with a planned extension to the Republic of Congo.[1]
20th century
edit- 1904 – New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad acquires control of New London Street Railway.[2]
- 1968 – The Chicago and North Western Railway acquires the Des Moines and Central Iowa Railway and the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway.
21st century
edit- 2002 – The Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (pictured) takes over operations from the defunct I&M Rail Link in the north central United States.
- 2003 – Eurostar train number 3313/14 establishes a new speed record in England at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on the new High Speed 1.
Births
edit- 1904 – Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1955-1964 and 1966, is born (d. 1989).
Deaths
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chemin de fer de Boma à Tshela". KANGU - MAYUMBE - BAS-CONGO (in French). February 23, 2009.
- ^ Government Printing Office (1914). New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.: Evidence Taken Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Vol. II. pp. 2366–2374, 2394–2397 – via Google Books.