Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 18
- February 18
- 1831 – The West Chester Railroad is chartered in Pennsylvania.
- 1848 – The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.[1]
- Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea; 198 people die and 147 others are injured.
- , killing 320 people.
See also
References
- ^ Morris, J. C., ed. (December 31, 1902). Ohio Railway Report: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II. History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 18, 2010.