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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 27.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1869 – The first line of what is now Athens Metro, in Greece, opens as Athens Piraeus Railway SA.
- 1900 – The Nehru Setu railway bridge opens, becoming the longest bridge in India.[1][2]
20th century
[edit]- 1912 – The Pacific Great Eastern Railway (predecessor of the British Columbia Railway) is incorporated to build a line from Vancouver north to a connection with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince George, British Columbia.
- 1989 – MARC service in Bowie, Maryland, is moved to Bowie State station at Bowie State University, which had room for a large park-and-ride lot and more direct access to Route 197.[3][4]
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1843 – Thomas Lowry, president of Minneapolis Street Railway 1877-1892, president of Twin City Rapid Transit, president of Soo Line Railroad 1889-1890 and 1892-1909, is born (d. 1909).
- 1850 – Henry E. Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railway in the early part of the 20th century, is born (d. 1927).
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O’malley, L.S.S. Bihar and Orissa Gazetteers Sahabad. Dehri. p. 166. Retrieved 25 June 2011 – via Google Books.
- ^ Houlton, Sir John (1949). Bihar, the Heart of India. Orient Longmans. pp. 47–48.
- ^ "Bowie Railroad Museum". City of Bowie. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1980-89" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society.