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John W. Garrett

1837 – Allen Manvel, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1889–1893, is born (d. 1893).
1884 – John W. Garrett (pictured), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad beginning in 1858, dies (b. 1820).
1884 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway.[1][2]
2005 – Commuter rail service in Greece between Athens and Corinth is officially inaugurated by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE).[3]

References

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 26, 2006.
"Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 26, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
"Athens-Corinth suburban railway line launched by transport minister Liapis". ANA. September 27, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2005.

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