Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 24
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- 1828 – Pennsylvania's first state-owned railway, the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, is authorized by the state legislature.[1]
- 1875 – The Mayor of Los Angeles, California, approves a measure to allow the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad, a predecessor of the Pacific Electric Railway, to extend its line to connect to the Southern Pacific Railroad train station.[2]
- 1900 – Mayor of New York Robert A. Van Wyck turns the first shovel of dirt in groundbreaking ceremonies for the first subway line in the city.[1]
- 1935 – Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey, opens.
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- ^ a b Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, This Month in Railroad History: March. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
- ^ Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, The Street Railway History of Los Angeles. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
