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Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 24
- October 24
A Network Rail morning "leaf buster" train uses high-pressure water jets to clear fallen leaves from the line in 2009
- 1855 – Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923, is born (d. 1944).
- 1903 – The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed in Canada.[1]
- 1940 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).
- 2003 – Network Rail (pictured) announces it will conduct all maintenance activities in-house.[2]
References
- "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
- "Our History". Network Rail. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
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