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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 19.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1850 – Farmers around Detroit, Michigan, burn down the Michigan Central Railroad's freight house in Detroit; the farmers were angry at the railroad's policy regarding not reimbursing them for livestock killed by trains when the stock wandered onto the tracks.[1]
20th century
[edit]- 1956 – Japan Railways completes electrification of the Tōkaidō Main Line, connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station, for both freight and passenger service.
21st century
[edit]- 2001 – The Surface Transportation Board releases the final Environmental Impact Statement on Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's plan to expand into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
Births
[edit]- 1850 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920, is born (d. 1934)[2][3][4]
Deaths
[edit]- 1954 – L. B. Billinton, Locomotive Engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912-1923, dies (b. 1882).
References
[edit]- ^ "Irate farmers burn freight house in 1850". Detroit Free Press. November 14, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ Northern Pacific (1934). Annual Report. St. Paul, MN: Northern Pacific. p. 17.
- ^ Railway Age: 390. September 29, 1934.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Howson, Elmer T.; D. A. Steel & J. B. Tebo, eds. (1922). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1922 edition. New York: Simmons-Boardman. p. 267.