Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 29
- January 29
- 1840 – Henry H. Rogers (pictured), American financier who helped finance and build the Virginian Railway, is born (d. 1909).
- 1873 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway completes its line between Huntington, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia.[1]
- 1909 – The final spike is driven in the construction of the Virginian Railway at Glen Lyn, Virginia.
- 2000 – The Termini Station, in Rome, opens.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ West Virginia Division of Culture and History. "On This Day in West Virginia History..." West Virginia Archives & History. Retrieved March 21, 2015.