Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/April 30/More

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 30.

Events

1869 – Central Pacific Railroad completes construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America at Promontory, Utah, milepost 690 from the start of construction in California.^[1]

1970 – Canadian Pacific Railway operates its first unit train of coal destined for Japanese markets from Sparwood, British Columbia.^[2]
1971 – On the eve of Amtrak's assumption of American passenger train operations, the United States Post Office Department cancels all but one of the eight remaining Railway Mail Service routes; the final route served Washington, D.C., to New York City.^[3]
1972 – British Rail suspends operation of the Brighton Belle passenger train between London and Brighton, England.
1983 – Washington Metro's Charles R. Fenwick Bridge spanning the Potomac River opens.^[4]
1985 – Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.^[2]

^ Strobridge, Edson T. (December 6, 2001). "The Chinese at Promontory, Utah, April 30 - May 10, 1869". Retrieved April 26, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
^ "The Post Office Role in U.S. Development: Railway Mail Service". History of the United States Post Office. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
^ Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Retrieved April 26, 2006.