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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 16.

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Events

20th century

1918 – Grand Trunk Railway's freight sheds in Ottawa are destroyed by fire; the loss is estimated at $85,000.
1984 – The first full revenue Chicago and North Western Railway coal train leaves the Powder River Basin with a load from the North Antelope Mine.[1]

21st century

2001 – After a complete restoration, Canadian Pacific 2816, a 4-6-4 steam locomotive, operates under its own power for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Births

1852 – Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, is born (d. 1927).[2]
1890 – C. P. Couch, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939-1941, is born (d. 1955).

References

Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society). 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.
"Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen". New York Times. November 18, 1927. p. 23.

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