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August 22

B&O's Columbian at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1949

• 1910 – The first Western Pacific Railroad passenger train to operate over the railroad's entire route from Salt Lake City, Utah, arrives in San Francisco, California.
• 1935 – Diesel locomotives begin to replace steam locomotives on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's long-distance passenger trains (pictured).
• 1950 – Canada's railroad workers go on strike, crippling operations across the country.
• 1994 – Indian Railways orders the first WDM-2C locomotives.

See also

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