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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 22.
Events
19th century
- 1884 – Brooks Locomotive Works completes its 1,000th new steam locomotive.
- 1890 – Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (the "Big Four Railroad") gains control of the Peoria and Eastern Railway in southern Illinois.[1]
20th century
- 1960 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its last steam locomotive powered train in regular service as freight train number 76, led by 4-6-2 number 1262, arrives in Montreal.[2]
- 1995 – Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) announces the appointment of former CSX Transportation Chief Operating Officer Jerry Davis to the position of CEO for SP.
21st century
- 2002 – 383 people die in the Al Ayyat train disaster when a gas cylinder for a stove on a passenger train travelling between Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, explodes and sets 7 of the train's 11 passenger cars on fire.
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ (August 31 2005), History of Champaign-Urbana Transportation - Part 3: Railroads. Retrieved February 22 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved February 22 2006.