Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/November 30

A former Southern Pacific locomotive with Union Pacific "patch" markings

1832 – The United States Post Office Department enters into its first contracts with stage carriers to carry mail by rail between Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania.[1]
1891 – John D. Spreckels incorporates the San Diego Electric Railway Company.
1994 – Alaska Railroad, which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North American rail network, brings a 700-foot (210 m) long railgrinder to Alaska by ship at a cost of $1.2 million to service the company's tracks.[2]
1995 – Union Pacific Railroad files its application to the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire Southern Pacific Railroad (pictured).[3]

References

"History of the U.S. Postal Service". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
"History". Alaska Railroad. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
"UP: Chronological History". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved November 30, 2007.

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