Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/June 22

1827 – Daniel Howe Newton, president of the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad 1887-1905, is born.^[1]
1893 – Robert S. Lovett succeeds Leland Stanford as the president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, after Stanford's death. The Chairmanship position vacated by Stanford remains vacant for another 16 years.
1940 – The French rail system is placed under the control of the German Army.
2005 – The entire network of the Swiss Federal Railways (pictured) shuts down due to a power failure in its overhead wire system (just over 95% of the railroad's network). The power failure also affects international transit through Switzerland as such intercity trains use the same system. Initial reports indicate that the power failure started with a voltage drop in Ticino (in the St. Gotthard region) that then spread to the entire system.

References

^ "Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2005.