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Anniversaries
March 31
PATH station in Jersey City
1842
– The
Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway
opens to
Werneth
in northwest
England
.
1924
–
American Car and Foundry
acquires
Pacific Car and Foundry
.
1980
– The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
(the Rock Island Railroad) ceases operations.
2005
– Kawasaki Rail Car is awarded a
$
499 million order to build 340 new commuter
coaches
and power cars for
PATH
(pictured) in
New York
and
New Jersey
; the order is part of a plan to completely replace PATH's entire fleet of cars.
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