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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 6.
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Events
- 1997 – Full freight and passenger service is restored through the Channel Tunnel, just short of two months after a devastating fire.
- 2005 – A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carolina, causing the Graniteville train disaster.
Births
- 1854 – William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway, is born (d. 1932).
Deaths
- 1872 – Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (b. 1834).
- 1901 – Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company meatpackers and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line refrigerator car operators (b. 1832).
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