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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 24.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1835 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens its line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.[1]
1837 – Queen Marie Amélie and King Louis-Philippe officially open the Paris-Saint-Germain-en-Laye railway line.
1852 – The Chemin de Fer du Midi company obtains concession for the building of a line between Bordeaux and Sète on the Mediterranean.
1871 – Hans Gløersen publishes the first documented idea of building a railway between Norway's two largest cities, Bergen and Oslo, in the newspaper Bergensposten.
1882 – The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway leases the 97 mile (156 km) long Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad.[2]

1916 – After a bankruptcy, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad is reorganized as the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (often called the "Frisco").
1945 – The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which had operated between Merced, California, and Yosemite National Park, runs its last trains.[1][3]
1946 – The Boston and Maine Railroad replaces electric locomotive operation through the Hoosac Tunnel with diesel locomotives.[1]

1816 – Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway in England, is born (d. 1889).

1914 – Darius Miller, president of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1910-1914, dies (b. 1859).[4][5]

"This month in railroad history - August". Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved August 23, 2005.
"History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company". 1913. Retrieved August 23, 2005.
Guest, Clayton J. (June 13, 2002). "Time Line of Major Events". YosemiteValleyRailroad.com. Retrieved August 24, 2008.
"Darius Miller Dead". New York Times. August 24, 1914. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
"President Darius Miller of "Q" Railroad Dies". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 24, 1914. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

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