Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 29

Interprovincial Bridge in 2005

1878 – Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, dies (b. 1813).
1903 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America, dies (b. 1839)
1946 – The north end of Ottawa's Interprovincial Bridge (pictured) is destroyed by fire, severing Château Laurier from Hull Electric Railway passenger service.[1]
2005 – BNSF Railway announces that it will add a fuel surcharge based on mileage to all shipments made as of January 1, 2006, making BNSF the first railway to do so.

References

"Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Retrieved March 28, 2006.

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