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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 4.

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Events

19th century

1897 – The Rio Grande Junction Railway sells the Colorado Midland out of bankruptcy to private investors.

20th century

1952 – Service is discontinued on the Chicago "L" Humboldt Park branch.[1]
1958 – Nickel Plate 765 is retired to Lawton Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[2]
1976 – An international train collides with a local train near Schiedam, the Netherlands, killing 24 and injuring 11.

Births

1886 – Henry G. Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, is born (d. 1976).

Deaths

2011 – Richard Steinheimer, American railroad photographer, dies (b. 1929).

References

"Humboldt Park branch". Chicago "L".org. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
"765 Official History" by Glenn Brendel & Wayne York. Published Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, Inc.

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