Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/April 3/More

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 3.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1839 – Andover and Haverhill Railroad reorganizes and changes its name for a second time to Boston and Portland Railroad, reflecting plans to extend its line to Portland, Maine.
1848 – The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.[1]
1868 – The Flushing and North Side Rail Road is incorporated in New York.[2]

1905 – New Haven Railroad acquires control of Hartford Street Railway.[3]
1948 – Santa Fe Railroad introduces the Texas Chief service connecting Chicago and Galveston, Texas.[4]
1992 – The Goderich Exeter Railway begins operations in Ontario, Canada.[5]

The successful speed record attempt

2007 – New speed record on rail on the LGV Est made by the TGV V150 with a speed peak at 574.7 km/h (357.1 mph).

1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday, cofounder of Topeka, Kansas, and first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, is born (d. 1900).
1859 – Darius Miller, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1910-1914, is born (d. 1914).[6][7]

New York Central Railroad System (1913). "History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company". New York Central System Annual Report. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
Huneke, John (2006). "aRRt's aRRchives". Retrieved April 3, 2006.
Government Printing Office (1914). New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.: Evidence Taken Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Vol. II. pp. 2366–2374, 2394–2397 – via Google Books.
Santa Fe Railroad (April 2, 1948). "New Schedules (advertisement)". The Atchison Daily Globe. Atchison, Kansas. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 17 March 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
"Darius Miller Dead". New York Times. August 24, 1914. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
"The Curse of King Tut". Gravely Speaking. January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

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