RAILFREIGHT HISTORY

States President Rutherford B. Hayes calls in break the strike.

National opens the high ore dock at Port Arthur handle ore from the Steep Rock Iron Mines

The first shipment left the dock on July 20

JULY 18

Express (FGE) and the Great Northern RailWestern Fruit Express (WFE) in order to compete Fruit Express and Santa Fe Refrigerator Des-

JULY 21

1959 The last revenue train hauled by a Union Pacific 4-8-8-4, 1.2 million lbs (544,000kg) Big Boy in undertaken

JULY 24

2011 European-sized freight wagons operate on High Speed 1 in the UK for the first time. The trial involved two wagons from DB Schenker's Spanish logistics business Transfesa and four curtain-sided Mega Combi swap bodies, a type commonly used in the automotive industry.

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