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Anniversaries
January 2
Henry Morrison Flagler
1826
–
Algernon S. Buford
, president of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad
, is born (d. 1911).
1830
–
Henry Morrison Flagler
(pictured), visionary and builder of the
Florida East Coast Railway
is born (d. 1913).
1893
– Introduction by
Webb C. Ball
of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in
North America
. See
Railroad chronometers
2002
– The
Iowa Interstate Railroad
operates its first
unit
coal
train over the former
Milwaukee Road
mainline through
Amana, Iowa
.
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