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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 12.
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Events
19th century
- 1859 – At a meeting of the Drammen chairmanship in Norway, construction of a railway line to connect Drammen and Randsfjorden, now known as the Randsfjorden Line, is selected over the option for a channel.[1]
- 1892 – Western Maryland Railroad's line from Hagerstown, Maryland, over the C&O Canal and the Potomac River to Cherry Run, West Virginia, opens.[2]
20th century
- 1978 – The longest tunnel in New Zealand, through the Kaimai Ranges, opens to traffic.
Deaths
- 1899 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president of the New York Central system, dies (b. 1843).
- 1911 – John Souther, founder of Globe Locomotive Works, dies (b. 1816).
References
- Berntsen, Ulf; Lund, Thure; Lunner, Dagfinn (1997). På sporet med Krøderkippen (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club / Krøderen Line Foundation. p. 26. ISBN 82-90286-20-1.
- Hicks, W. Raymond (April 1970). "The Cumberland Extension - Western Maryland Railroad Company". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin (122): 26.
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