Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 22

A BNSF train passing Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

1847 – The Railway Clearing House in England recommends that Greenwich Mean Time be adopted as the standard time for all railways in the United Kingdom.[1]
1873 – Western Counties Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies at Lovitt's Wharf, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]
1928 – Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.[3]
1995 – Burlington Northern Railroad and Santa Fe Railroad merge to form Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (pictured).[4]

References

"Daylight Saving Time - Standard time began with the railroads". Retrieved September 22, 2005.
Smith, Ivan (1998). "Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850- 1899)". Railways of Canada Archives. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
"BNSF's history sets precedents for 21st century". Railway. BNSF Railway. 5 (6): 3. November–December 1999.

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