Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 16

1890 – C. P. Couch, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1939-1941, is born (d. 1955).
1918 – Grand Trunk Railway's freight sheds in Ottawa are destroyed by fire; the loss is estimated at $85,000.
1984 – The first full revenue Chicago and North Western Railway coal train leaves the Powder River Basin with a load from the North Antelope Mine.^[1]
2001 – After a complete restoration, Canadian Pacific 2816 (pictured), a 4-6-4 steam locomotive, operates under its own power for the first time in nearly 40 years.

References

^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society). 32 (1): 16–39. ISSN 0279-5000.