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George Westinghouse

1872 – George Westinghouse (pictured) receives a patent for the Westinghouse air brake.
1948 – H. P. M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920-1922, dies (b. 1875).
1956 – The last steam locomotive purchased new by Southern Pacific Railroad, cab forward class AC-12 4-8-8-2 number 4294, is retired from revenue service.^[1]
2011 – E5 Series Shinkansen trainsets are first introduced on the new Hayabusa services between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori, Japan, initially operating at a maximum speed of 300 km/h (190 mph).

References

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

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