Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 24

A tank car shows the new BNSF Railway logo

1880 – Following the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal, Union Pacific Railroad is reorganized as Union Pacific Railway.
1902 – The "consolidated railroad station" in Lenox, Massachusetts, is destroyed by fire; investigation shows the cause to be the overheated basement furnace.^[1]
1912 – The Utah Railway is incorporated to haul coal from the company's mines to Provo, Utah.
2005 – Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway introduces a new corporate logo (pictured on a tank car) that replaces the railroad's verbose name with BNSF Railway.

References[edit]

^ "Lenox Station History". Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum. Retrieved January 24, 2006.