Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 31

The facade of Toronto Union Station

1866 – William W. Atterbury, president of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925-1935, is born (d. 1935).[1]
1905 – New York Central and Hudson River Railway (later a part of New York Central Railroad) officially takes control of Ottawa and New York Railway.[2]
1930 – Trains begin using the new elevated tracks and platform at Toronto Union Station (pictured).[3]
2005 – Regular Metrolink passenger service is restored through Glendale, California, the scene of the previous week's Glendale train crash.

References

"Politicians in Railroading in Indiana". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
"Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. January 8, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2006.

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