Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 19

Construction of the Paris Metro circa 1900

1877 – The New York and Manhattan Beach Railway (a predecessor of the Long Island Rail Road) opens.[1]
1900 – The first section of the Paris Métro (construction pictured) opens.
1968 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Texas Chief passenger train discontinues station stops at Dallas, Texas.[2]
1987 – New short line railroad Red River Valley and Western Railroad begins operations over 667 miles (1,073 km) of former BN tracks in North Dakota.[2]

References

"The New York and Manhattan Beach Railway". Retrieved July 18, 2005.
"This Month in Railroad History: July". Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved July 18, 2005.

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