Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/April 30/More

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 30.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1869 – Central Pacific Railroad completes construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America at Promontory, Utah, milepost 690 from the start of construction in California.[1]

1970 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its first unit train of coal destined for Japanese markets from Sparwood, British Columbia.[2]
1971 – On the eve of Amtrak's assumption of American passenger train operations, the United States Post Office Department cancels all but one of the eight remaining Railway Mail Service routes; the final route served Washington, D.C., to New York City.[3]
1972 – British Rail suspends operation of the Brighton Belle passenger train between London and Brighton, England.
1983 – Washington Metro's Charles R. Fenwick Bridge spanning the Potomac River opens.[4]
1985 – Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.[2]

Strobridge, Edson T. (December 6, 2001). "The Chinese at Promontory, Utah, April 30 - May 10, 1869". Retrieved April 26, 2006.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
"The Post Office Role in U.S. Development: Railway Mail Service". History of the United States Post Office. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Retrieved April 26, 2006.

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