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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on October 10.
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Events
19th century
- 1852 – The first revenue train operates over the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, an early predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, pulled by a 4-4-0 steam locomotive named Rocket.[1]
- 1872 – Shimbashi Teishajō, the original terminus of Japan's first railway, opens.
- 1882 – The first dining car in Europe is operated by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits on a train between Paris and Vienna.
20th century
- 1926 – Yachihata Station in Japan is opened.
- 1972 – The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line extension to Yoyogi-Kōen station is opened.
Deaths
- 1919 – Anatole Mallet, inventor of the mallet locomotive type, dies (b. 1837).
References
- Rock Island Railroad (reprinted by the Rock Island Technical Society) (c. 1970). "A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad". Yard Clerical Manual. Retrieved October 10, 2006.
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