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- August 23
RJ Corman #8569, an SD40T-2, waits for its next assignment just across the river from Thurmond, WV, in 2008
- 1882 – The first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 1897 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the construction of the Ottawa and New York Railway.[1]
- 1951 – The Cangkring (near Cirebon, Indonesia) train station is destroyed by fire.
- 2013 – Richard J. Corman, founder and owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group (locomotive pictured), dies (b. 1955).
See also
References
- ↑ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. July 30, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
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