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May 31

ATSF route map, 1891

ATSF route map, 1891

1767 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is born (d. 1858).
1847 – The first railway connection between Rotterdam and The Hague opens.
1879 – The first electric railway opens at the Berlin Trades Exposition.
1887 – The first Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1891 system map shown) train over the newly constructed San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railroad line arrives in Los Angeles.^[1]

See also

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References

↑ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.

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