Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 19


 * January 19


 * 1923 – Canadian National Railway gains control of the Grand Trunk Railway.
 * 1947 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the Cincinnatian passenger train between Baltimore, and Cincinnati.
 * 1949 – David Laney, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak 2003-2007, is born.
 * 1970 – Passenger service on what will become the RER A line in Paris is inaugurated between La Défense and Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (pictured) stations.