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1827 |
December 19 |
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company is Chartered |
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1830 |
December 25 |
The "Best Friend of Charleston" Begins Service |
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1833 |
October 03 |
The South Carolina Canal and Railroad Co. is completed |
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1873 |
September 28 |
The Atlanta and Richmond Airline is completed |
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1894 |
February 20 |
The Southern Railway is Chartered in Virginia |
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June 18 |
Southern Railway Company is Incorporated |
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July 01 |
Southern Railway Company begins Operations |
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July 01 |
Southern takes a controlling stake in Georgia Southern and Florida |
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November 01 |
Alabama Great Southern becomes a part of the Southern |
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1895 |
November 11 |
Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad Acquired |
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1899 |
March 12 |
Southern's "Piedmont Limited" Trains 33 and 34 are Inaugurated |
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May 15 |
Atlantic & Yadkin Railway Acquired |
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October 01 |
Cincinnati, New Orleans &Texas Pacific Railway joins the Southern Railway System |
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1903 |
September 27 |
Train 97 crashes at Danville, VA |
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1906 |
November 26 |
Samuel Spencer is Killed |
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1911 |
November 26 |
2 New Specials are Inaugurated |
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1913 |
January 01 |
General Office Building in Atlanta Opens |
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November 25 |
W. W. Finley, former Southern President dies |
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December 01 |
Fairfax Harrison becomes President of Southern |
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1916 |
July 15 |
22.22 Inches of rain fall at Altapass in 24 hours |
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July 16 |
Floods damage much of the Southern in NC and SC |
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August 03 |
Saluda Grade reopens after July 16 flooding |
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1918 |
January 01 |
USRA Control Begins |
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1920 |
March 01 |
USRA Control Ends |
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1924 |
December 01 |
Ponce de Leon Service Inaugurated |
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1925 |
April 26 |
Crescent Limited Inaugurated |
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1937 |
November 01 |
Ernest Norris becomes president of the Southern |
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1939 |
September 24 |
"The Goldenrod" Begins Operations |
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1940 |
November 30 |
EMD E6s and Alco DL-109s ordered |
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1941 |
March 31 |
"The Southerner" makes its inaugural trip |
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May 26 |
First EMC's FT demonstrator set arrives on property |
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1944 |
April 13 |
Roosevelt's funeral train departs Warm Springs, GA |
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April 14 |
Roosevelt's funeral train arrives in Washington, DC |
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1951 |
January 01 |
Harry DeButts becomes president |
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1953 |
June 17 |
The Final Steam run for the Southern Railway Occurs |
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1954 |
September 16 |
Live Oak Perry & Gulf Railroad and the South Georgia Railway Acquired |
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October 03 |
Southern joins Trailer Train |
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1960 |
October 06 |
The ICC approves Southern's Buyout of the Interstate Railroad |
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January 20 |
Central of Georgia joins Trailer Train |
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1961 |
November 25 |
1401 Moves to Its Permenant Home at the Smithsonian |
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1962 |
February 01 |
D. W. Brosnan becomes president of the Southern |
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1963 |
June 17 |
Southern Acquires the Central of Georgia Railroad |
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June 29 |
The Georgia and Florida Railroad is Purchased |
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1967 |
October 01 |
W. Graham Claytor becomes President of Southern |
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1974 |
January 01 |
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is Acquired |
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1976 |
March 01 |
L. S. Crane becomes president of the Southern |
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1979 |
February 01 |
The Southern Crescent Finishes Its Final Run |
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October 01 |
Harold Hall becomes president of the Southern |
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1982 |
June 01 |
Southern Merges with N&W to Form Norfolk Southern Corp. |
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1994 |
May 14 |
W. Graham Claytor Dies |
