Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 19
- March 19
- 1808 – Johann Andreas Schubert (pictured), builder of the first German steam locomotive, Saxonia, is born in Wernesgrün (d. 1870).
- 1845 – Boston and Maine Railroad Extension, which was incorporated a dispute with the Boston and Lowell Railroad over trackage rights rates in Massachusetts, is merged into Boston and Maine Railroad.
- 1944 – The last steam locomotive purchased new by Southern Pacific Railroad, cab forward class AC-12 4-8-8-2 number 4294, enters service.[1]
- 1949 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Western Pacific Railroad jointly inaugurate the California Zephyr passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California.
See also
References
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
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