Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 24
- February 24
- 1870 – Delaware and Hudson Canal Company (1886 map pictured) leases the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, which extended from Albany to Binghamton, New York.
- 1888 – Grand Trunk Railway acquires the Northern and Northwestern Railway.[1]
- 1896 – Erie Railroad purchases the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.[2]
- 1910 – The Cleveland Short Line Railway, a subsidiary of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, opens its first 9.73-mile (15.66 km) section of track from Rockport to Marcy, Ohio, and a junction with the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
- ^ "Erie Railroad - History". Western New York Railroad Archive. December 17, 2005. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
- ^ New York Central Railroad System (1913). "History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company". Annual Report. Retrieved December 28, 2005.