Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 22

1922 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer, is born (d. 2003).
1970 – The Western Pacific Railroad portion of the California Zephyr makes its last run.
1997 – Japan's Akita Shinkansen (pictured) begins operating over the Morioka-Akita section using Tazawako Line and Ōu Main Line tracks.
2005 – Texas Pacifico Transportation operates the first test train over former Santa Fe Railroad tracks between Presidio and San Angelo Junction, Texas.

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