Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 10

1795 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works, is born (d. 1866).
1908 – The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad's 2,775-foot (846 m) long Battle River bridge, standing 195 ft (59 m) above the river, is completed.^[1]
1923 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899-1918, dies (b. 1853).
1998 – The Surface Transportation Board gives preliminary approval to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application to build into the Powder River Basin (map pictured), pending completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.

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