Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 24
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- 1855 – Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923, is born (d. 1944).
- 1903 – The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed in Canada.[1]
- 1940 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, dies (b. 1857).
- 2003 – Network Rail announces it will conduct all maintenance activities in-house.[2]
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- ^ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2007-10-05). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Our History. Network Rail. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
