Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 29

Union Station, Washington, D.C.

1930 – Work is completed on Prince Edward Island converting all 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track to standard gauge.^[1]
1935 – The last train operates on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
1988 – Union Station (pictured) in Washington, D.C., reopens for passenger train service.^[2]^[3]
2005 – Sixty years after World War II, Nederlandse Spoorwegen issues a statement formally apologizing for transporting Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps in Germany and Poland during the war.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 15, 2006. Retrieved September 29, 2006.
^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 29, 2006.
^ Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Retrieved September 29, 2006.
^ Mudeva, Anna (September 29, 2005). "Dutch railway firm apologises for deporting Jews". Reuters. Retrieved September 29, 2005.