Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 16

1803 – Robert Stephenson (pictured), English steam locomotive builder, is born (d. 1859).
1876 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway officially changes its name to Miami Valley Railway.
1882 – The Nickel Plate Road runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.
1963 – The Nickel Plate Road together with the Wabash Railroad and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W).

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