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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on February 7.
Events
19th century
- 1851 – The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
20th century
- 1912 – Official opening ceremonies are held for the Usambara Railway in German East Africa.
- 1957 – Southern Pacific 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved; pictured) is retired from revenue service.[1]
- 1995 – Robert Krebs announces that Santa Fe Railroad stockholders overwhelmingly approve the merger of the Santa Fe with the Burlington Northern Railroad.
21st century
Births
- 1840 – Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886–1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890–1898, and Kansas City Southern Railway 1900, is born (d. 1919).
Deaths
References
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S.; Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.