Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 29


 * March 29


 * 1878 – Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California, dies (b. 1813).
 * 1903 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America, dies (b. 1839)
 * 1946 – The north end of Ottawa's Interprovincial Bridge (pictured) is destroyed by fire, severing Château Laurier from Hull Electric Railway passenger service.
 * 2005 – BNSF Railway announces that it will add a fuel surcharge based on mileage to all shipments made as of January 1, 2006, making BNSF the first railway to do so.