Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 25

1866 – George W. Richardson of the Troy and Boston Railroad is awarded a U.S. patent for a steam locomotive pop safety valve.^[1]
1868 – The Big Four group of financiers in California purchases the Southern Pacific Railroad.
1913 – Herbert William Garratt, English steam locomotive builder and inventor of the Garratt locomotive type (pictured), dies (b. 1864).
2003 - Canadian National Railway sells most of its Turcot Yard in Montreal to the Quebec Department of Transport for $17.8 million.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 25, 2006.
^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 15, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2006.