Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 11

1881 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad connects to El Paso, Texas (pictured).
1884 – The Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway, in Arkansas (later to become part of the Cotton Belt Railroad), is incorporated.
1905 – The Pennsylvania Railroad inaugurates the fastest freight train schedule in the world, operating between Chicago, Illinois, and New York City in 18 hours.
1944 – Michael R. Haverty, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1989-1995 and president of the Kansas City Southern Railway 1995-present, is born.

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