July 31, 1918 The United States Railway Administration takes over the U.S. registered Great Lakes carferry fleet.
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July 31, 1966 Canadian National Railways opens a new Union Station in Ottawa. The previous facility is closed.
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July 31, 2001 Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6325 returns to steam on the Ohio Central. The engine had been donated to the City of Battle Creek (MI) but when earlier attempts to restore it fell short, it had sat disassembled on the edge of GTW's Nichols Yard before it was purchased by OC.
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August 1, 1910 Grand Trunk leases the former Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw Pavilion branch from the Michigan Central for 99 years. This allows GT to serve Kalamazoo directly.
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August 1, 1940 The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio is created by the merger of the Mobile & Ohio and the Gulf, Mobile & Northern.
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August 1, 1954 For the first time since 1854, the number of steam locomotives in the United States falls below 10,000.
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Mark Tomlonson
