Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 17
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- 1817 – Alexander Mitchell, president of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad 1864-1887, is born (d. 1887).[1]
- 1849 – Sir William Mackenzie, part-owner of the Toronto Street Railway and builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors, is born (d. 1923).
- 2000 – The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph (185 km/h) derails due to a rail that breaks under it (memorial pictured).
[edit] See also
- October 17 in rail transport
[edit] References
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, MITCHELL, Alexander, (1817 - 1887). Retrieved January 4, 2006.
