July 16 in rail transport

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 16.

Events

19th century

• 1877 – Railroad workers go on strike in Martinsburg, West Virginia, derail and loot a train; United States President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in Federal troops to break the strike.

20th century

• 1916 – Much of the Southern Railway's mainline in North and South Carolina is damaged or destroyed by flooding.
• 1939 – The world's first diesel-powered rack locomotive enters service on the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway.
• 1945 – Canadian National Railway opens its ore dock at Port Arthur, Ontario.
• 1983 – The route of Amtrak's California Zephyr is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
• 1991 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Lifeline Express (Jeevan Rekha) hospital train.
• 1999 – Indian Railways' Grand Trunk Express on its way to Delhi collides with derailed freight cars near Mathura, India; 17 people die and 200 more are injured in the accident.

21st century

Births

Deaths

References

• Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Part V (1970-1995). Retrieved July 12 2005.
• Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Part VI (1995-present). Retrieved July 12 2005.
• Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 12 2005.
• (April 3 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved July 12 2005.
• Southern Railway Historical Association, This Date in Southern Railway History. Retrieved July 12 2005.

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