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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 3.
Events
edit19th century
edit- 1849 – The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri.[1]
- 1859 – Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.[2]
20th century
edit- 1944 – More than 500 people die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Balvano train disaster in Italy when a steam locomotive-hauled train stalls in a tunnel.
- 1986 – Shin-Narashino Station, on what is now JR East's Keiyō Line in Narashino, Chiba, Japan, is opened.[3]
- 1997 – Union Pacific Railroad reopens the former Western Pacific Railroad Feather River Canyon line in California after repairs are made from flooding that occurred in January.[4]
21st century
editBirths
edit- 1831 – George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist, and founder of the Pullman Company, is born (d. 1897).
Deaths
editReferences
edit- ^ "100 Years of Service". 1960. Retrieved 2006-04-20.
- ^ Northern Railway of India, History Of Northern Railway. Retrieved March 3, 2006.
- ^ 各駅情報（新習志野駅） [Station Information (Shin-Narashino Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ^ Union Pacific Railroad, Chronological History. Retrieved March 3, 2006.