Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 29
- 1930 – Work is completed on Prince Edward Island converting all 42 gauge track to standard gauge.[1]
- 1935 – The last train operates on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
- 1988 – Union Station (pictured) in Washington, D.C., reopens for passenger train service.[2][3]
- 2005 – Sixty years after World War II, Nederlandse Spoorwegen issues a statement formally apologizing for transporting Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps in Germany and Poland during the war.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved 2006-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Retrieved 2006-09-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Mudeva, Anna (September 29 2005). "Dutch railway firm apologises for deporting Jews". Reuters. Retrieved 2005-09-29.
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