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Anniversaries
February 24
Map of Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1886
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
Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/February 24/More
References
^
"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
.