Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/April 13
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- April 13
- inventor and steam locomotivebuilder is born (d. 1833).
- New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (later known as the Nickel Plate Road) purchases the Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway
- Mantis James Van Sweringen purchase a 75% controlling interest in the Nickel Plate Road from William Kissam Vanderbilt for $8.5 million.
- Bulgarian Railroad Company, to operate on the nation's rail network.
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