Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 3
- March 3
- 1831 – George Pullman (pictured), American inventor and industrialist, and founder of the Pullman Company, is born (d. 1897).
- 1849 – The Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is chartered in Missouri.[1]
- 1859 – Construction begins on the first railway in northern India as tracks are laid between the present day locations of Allahabad and Kanpur.[2]
- 1997 – Union Pacific Railroad reopens the former Western Pacific Railroad Feather River Canyon line in California after repairs are made from flooding that occurred in January.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "100 Years of Service". 1960. Retrieved April 20, 2006.
- ^ Northern Railway of India. "History Of Northern Railway". Retrieved March 3, 2006.
- ^ Union Pacific Railroad. "Chronological History". Retrieved March 3, 2006.