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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 14.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]20th century
[edit]- 1925 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for construction of the Independent Subway System's Eighth Avenue Line are held at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.[1]
- 1985 – Shin-Misato Station, on what is now JR East's Musashino Line in Misato, Saitama, Japan, is opened.[2]
21st century
[edit]- 2005 – Paul Côté becomes president and CEO of VIA Rail Canada.[3]
- 2005 – Canadian Pacific Railway purchases 35 new Green Goat (pictured) hybrid locomotives, becoming the first railroad to order this type of locomotive.
Births
[edit]- 1912 – W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Southern Railway 1967-1977 and Amtrak 1982–1993, is born (d. 1994).
- 1928 – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, chairman of British Rail 1971–1976, is born (d. 2011).
Deaths
[edit]- 1891 – James Grant, first president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1851–1854, dies (b. 1812).
References
[edit]- ^ "History of the Independent Subway". NYCSubway.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 31. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ "VIA Rail names Cote president and CEO". Railway Age. April 2005. Retrieved March 14, 2011.