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Garratt locomotive operating in Wales

1866 – George W. Richardson of the Troy and Boston Railroad is awarded a U.S. patent for a steam locomotive pop safety valve.[1]
1868 – The Big Four group of financiers in California purchases the Southern Pacific Railroad.
1913 – Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (pictured), dies (b. 1864).
2003 - Canadian National Railway sells most of its Turcot Yard in Montreal to the Quebec Department of Transport for $17.8 million.[2]

References

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Societiy (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 25, 2006.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 15, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2006.

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