Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 20

1848 – E. H. Harriman (pictured), the executive in charge of both the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad at the turn of the 20th century, is born (d. 1909).
1849 – The Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad (which eventually was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is chartered in Ohio to build a railroad from Portsmouth through Piketon and Chillicothe to Lancaster.^[1]
1980 – Canadian Pacific Railway officially abandons its Eganville subdivision, including tracks between Payne and Douglas, Ontario.^[2]
1998 – The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad files an application with the Surface Transportation Board to build new railroad track to haul coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

References[edit]

^ Morris, J. C.; Commissioner of Railroads; Telegraphs, Ohio, eds. (December 31, 1902). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. February 17, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2006.