Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 13
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- 1845 – A meeting is held in the courthouse of Navan, Ireland, to protest plans by Thomas Brodigan to build a railway between Navan and Dublin.[1]
- 1909 – William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, dies (b. 1836).
- 1973 – Michigan governor William Milliken issues an executive order placing state railroad regulation under a newly reorganized Michigan Department of Transportation.[2]
[edit] See also
- March 13 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Meath Railway History. Meath on Track. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
- ^ Railroad History Timeline: 1970-1979. Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
