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* '''[[1881 in rail transport|1881]]''' – Tracks of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], building eastward from [[Los Angeles, California]], reach [[El Paso, Texas]]. |
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* '''[[1881 in rail transport|1881]]''' – Tracks of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], building eastward from [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], reach [[El Paso, Texas]]. |
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* '''[[1909 in rail transport|1909]]''' – [[Henry H. Rogers]] (pictured), [[United States|American]] [[financier]] who helped finance and build the [[Virginian Railway]], dies (b. 1840). |
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* '''[[1937 in rail transport|1937]]''' – The [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]] files for [[bankruptcy]]. |
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* '''[[2005 in rail transport|2005]]''' – A fully loaded [[passenger train]] collides with a stopped freight train in [[Lampung]], [[Indonesia]]; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured. |
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* [[Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/May 19/More]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 9 March 2018
- May 19
- 1881 – Tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas.
- 1909 – Henry H. Rogers (pictured), American financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway, dies (b. 1840).
- 1937 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway files for bankruptcy.
- 2005 – A fully loaded passenger train collides with a stopped freight train in Lampung, Indonesia; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured.
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