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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 15.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1810 – Whitmell P. Tunstall, first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, is born.
- 1880 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building southwestward from Kansas, reaches Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1]
20th century
[edit]- 1907 – William N. Page is named president of the newly formed Virginian Railway.
- 1921 – Southern Pacific Railroad takes delivery of 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved) from Baldwin Locomotive Works.[2]
- 1960 – The Hanshin Amagasaki Kaigan Line section from Hagashihama to Takasu is closed.
21st century
[edit]- 2005 – Amtrak cancels all Acela Express trains between Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston as cracks are found in the brakes on a majority of the trainsets' coaches.
- 2005 – SEPTA begins construction on an $85 million project to replace and upgrade signal, communications and track switch equipment between its Wayne Junction and Glenside stations.
Births
[edit]- 1889 – A. Philip Randolph, who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925 (d. 1979).
Deaths
[edit]- 1819 – Oliver Evans, pioneering steam locomotive designer and inventor, dies (b. 1755).
References
[edit]- ^ Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5. p 178.