May 6 in rail transport
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Events
19th century
- 1856 – The newly constructed sidewheeler Effie Afton runs into one of the supports for the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River, causing a fire that destroys the bridge just two weeks after it had opened.
Willard, John; Quad City Times (January 31 2006), [Dinner marks 150th birthday of the first railroad crossing on the Mississippi]. Retrieved January 31 2006. - 1862 – The bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad is passed by the United States House of Representatives.
20th century
- 1983 – The last Georgia Railroad mixed train is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad.
- 1994 – The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.
Births
- 1881 – Victor V. Boatner, president of Peoria and Pekin Union Railway 1921-, Chicago Great Western Railway 1929-1931 (d. 1950).
Deaths
References
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