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- May 12
Santa Fe's Super Chief being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1943
- 1911 – Electric trains begin work between London Victoria station and Crystal Palace.
- 1916 – Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad, dies (b. 1836).[1][2]
- 1936 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates the all-diesel powered Super Chief passenger train (pictured) between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
- 2005 – A fire engulfs a railroad bridge in Kearney, New Jersey, on the heavily travelled Northeast Corridor.
See also
References
- ↑ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ↑ City of Perris, California. "A Brief History of the Perris Valley". Retrieved July 9, 2006.
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