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

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1870 – Delaware and Hudson Canal Company leases the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, which extended from Albany to Binghamton, New York.
1888 – Grand Trunk Railway acquires the Northern and Northwestern Railway.[1]
1896 – Erie Railroad purchases the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.[2]

1910 – The Cleveland Short Line Railway, a subsidiary of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, opens its first 9.73-mile (15.66 km) section of track from Rockport to Marcy, Ohio, and a junction with the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway.[3]

2013 – The platforms at Togoshi-kōen Station, on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, are extended from three car lengths to five.[4]
2015 – A Metrolink train on the Ventura County Line strikes a pickup truck at a level crossing in Oxnard, California, injuring 30.[5]

"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
"Erie Railroad - History". Western New York Railroad Archive. December 17, 2005. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
New York Central Railroad System (1913). "History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company". Annual Report. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
"東急大井町線戸越公園駅でのドアカット解消" [Selective door-opening eliminated at Togoshi-kōen Station on Tokyu Oimachi Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
KABC-TV (February 24, 2015). "Photos: Metrolink Commuter Train Derails in Oxnard". ABC News.

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