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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on October 16.
Events
19th century
- 1876 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway.[1]
- 1882 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
20th century
- 1963 – The Nickel Plate Road together with the Wabash Railroad and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).
21st century
Births
- 1803 – Robert Stephenson, English steam locomotive builder, is born (d. 1859).
Deaths
- 1938 – Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909-1923 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1925-1931, dies (b. 1870).
References
- ^ Hauck, John W. (1986). Narrow Gauge in Ohio. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing. ISBN 0-87108-629-8.