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Rock Island locomotive 627 circa 1880

1853 – The Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, a predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (pictured), is established in Iowa to build a railroad between Davenport and Council Bluffs.[1]
1876 – The Wiesentalbahn, which eventually became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, opens between Schopfheim and Zell im Wiesental.
1878 – The first train is operated on the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad from Renton to Newcastle.[2]
1950 – The first diesel locomotive to pull a freight train on the San Diego and Arizona Railway begins its journey from El Centro, California, on a trial run.[3]

References

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (1970). Yard Clerical Manual: A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad. reprinted by the Rock Island Technical Society, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2006.
"This week in state and local history". HistoryLink. 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2006.
Dodge, Richard V. (June 29, 1956). "San Diego's "Impossible Railroad"". San Diego Railroad Museum. Retrieved February 5, 2006.

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