Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 7
Appearance
- October 7
- first railroads in North America, in Massachusetts.
- diesel-electric locomotive (pictured) concept in the 1930s, dies (b. 1885).[1]
- 2001 – Railtrack, in England, is placed under legal administration by Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Transport, effectively renationalizing the system.
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See also
References
- ^ "You ought to know: Electro-Motive's Dilworth is dead; diesel pioneer". Railway Age. 165 (16): 40. October 21, 1968.