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Southern Pacific #2472 rests at Sunol, California prior to an excursion in May 2009

1840 – Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886-1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890-1898, and Kansas City Southern Railway 1900, is born (d. 1919).
1851 – The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, the earliest predecessor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is incorporated.
1957 – Southern Pacific 4-6-2 number 2472 (now preserved; pictured) is retired from revenue service.^[1]
1995 – Robert Krebs announces that Santa Fe Railroad stockholders overwhelmingly approve the merger of the Santa Fe with the Burlington Northern Railroad.

References

↑ Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.

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