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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on May 12.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]20th century
[edit]- 1911 – Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace.
- 1936 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates the all-diesel powered Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
- 1996 – Chicago Transit Authority reopens the Chicago 'L' Green Line after a two-year long linewide renovation and rehabilitation project.
21st century
[edit]- 2005 – A fire engulfs a railroad bridge in Kearney, New Jersey, on the heavily travelled Northeast Corridor.
Births
[edit]- 1808 – Joseph Hamilton Beattie, locomotive engineer for London and South Western Railway 1850–1871 (d. 1871), is born.[1]
Deaths
[edit]- 1916 – Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1836).[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, John (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 24. ISBN 0-7153-7489-3.
- ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Retrieved July 9, 2006.