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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 12.

Events

19th century

• 1839 – Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad is incorporated in Maine.
• 1899 – Southern Railway in the United States inaugurates the Piedmont Limited passenger train service.

20th century

• 1917 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is reincorporated as the Pere Marquette Railway.
• 1924 – Electrification is completed on what is now Hamburg S-Bahn's Line 1 between Ohlsdorf and Poppenbüttel.

21st century

• 2003 – Seibu Railway introduces "wanman" (one man) driver only operation on the Chichibu Line.

Deaths

• 1914 – George Westinghouse, American inventor; developed the Westinghouse air brake, dies (b. 1846).