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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on June 21.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1831 – The Boston and Providence Railroad is incorporated and chartered to build a railroad connection between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
- 1856 – Illinois Central Railroad opens Great Central Station in Chicago.[1]
20th century
[edit]- 1959 – Soo Line 2719 hauls the last of Soo Line Railroad's steam locomotive-powered trains in revenue service on a round-trip excursion between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
- 1970 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in the largest corporate bankruptcy in United States history thus far. The trains continue to run.
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 1893 – Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, dies (b. 1824).
- 2015 – Tama_(cat),a cat that stationmaster ob Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Japan,dies.