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Today in North American Railroad History for Thursday - July 2nd
| 1867, | New York's first "el" or elevated railroad opens. |
| 1881, | President James A. Garfield is shot at a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Washington, DC. Garfield dies on September 19, 1881. |
| 1894, | The U.S. government issues an injunction against railroad strikers on the grounds that it interferes with interstate commerce and the postal service. U.S. Attorney General Olney has a personal interest in the injunction as a former railroad director and still an attorney for several railroads. |
| 1901, | Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana. |
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The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: 160 Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930 by George H. Drury
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