Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 3

George Pullman

1831 – George Pullman (pictured), American inventor and industrialist, and founder of the Pullman Company, is born (d. 1897).
1849 – The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri.[1]
1859 – Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.[2]
1997 – Union Pacific Railroad reopens the former Western Pacific Railroad Feather River Canyon line in California after repairs are made from flooding that occurred in January.[3]

References

"100 Years of Service". 1960. Retrieved April 20, 2006.
Northern Railway of India. "History Of Northern Railway". Retrieved March 3, 2006.
Union Pacific Railroad. "Chronological History". Retrieved March 3, 2006.

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