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July 15

CP locomotive "El Gobernador"

CP locomotive "El Gobernador"

1846 – The first railway line in Hungary opens between Pest and Vác.
1894 – Central Pacific Railroad scraps El Gobernador (pictured), at the time the largest locomotive in the world.^[1]
1923 – United States President Warren G. Harding drives the golden spike on the Alaska Railroad.
2004 – Dennis H. Miller is promoted to president of the Iowa Interstate Railroad.

See also

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References

↑ Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.

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