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K. Kansas City and Pacific Railroad; Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway; Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway; Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway
Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas, St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad: St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad: UP: 1885 1887 St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway: St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway: SJGI UP: 1897 St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway: UP: 1896 1897 St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway: St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad: UP ...
January 4 – Germany – An express runs into the back of a stationary train between Hanover and Wunstorf, killing 20 people and seriously injuring another 20. [32]January 22 – Canada – The locomotive engineer and the fireman of a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train are killed at Tapley, Ontario when their engine leaves the tracks pulling the baggage car and a passenger coach with it.
Rhode Island's deadliest rail disaster is also the first known to be photographed [6] 1855 Gasconade Bridge train disaster, Gasconade, Missouri; 35+ killed plus hundreds injured. First deadly rail bridge collapse in U.S. history [7] [8] 1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured.
Donnie Edwards, former Chief, helps send veterans to France. The first of those days was November 18, 1944. That’s when, as part of the 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion in support of the 84th ...
During World War II, 14,059 American POWs died in enemy captivity throughout the war (12,935 held by Japan and 1,124 held by Germany). [ 341 ] During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed ...
This is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kansas since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535–1679, New France from 1679–1803, and part of the United States of America 1803–present.
Japan built several railways for military purposes, notably the Burma-Siam Railway, known as the Death Railway because of the number of Allied prisoners-of-war and Asian labourers who died to construct it. The existing Northeast Indian Railways were expanded by the Americans to supply China via the Ledo Road. Railway lines were also constructed ...