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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on October 6.

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Events

19th century

1829 – The Rainhill Trials begin just outside Liverpool, England; five pioneering steam locomotives are entered in the trials.

20th century

1957 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving Union Stock Yards is closed.

Births

1846 – George Westinghouse, American inventor who developed the Westinghouse air brake, is born (d. 1914).
1847 – Webb C. Ball, watchmaker who introduced the first truly reliable and accurate timepieces on American railroads, is born.
1853 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899-1918, is born (d. 1923).

References

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