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A woodcut drawing of a 6-2-0 locomotive owned by the Camden and Amboy in 1847

1830 – The Camden and Amboy Railroad (locomotive pictured), the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.
1934 – United Traction Company in Albany, New York, abandons the Albany-Troy and Albany-Cohoes streetcar lines, replacing the service with buses.[1]
1908 – Great Western Railway's sole 4-6-2 steam locomotive, number 111 The Great Bear, makes its first run, becoming the first 4-6-2 locomotive to be operated in Great Britain.
1958 – Canada's Kellog Commission releases a report on the use of firemen as part of diesel locomotive crews.[2]

References

"Albany area railroads: History and context". Mohawk and Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. 2003. Retrieved February 4, 2006.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2006.

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