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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 3.
Events
edit19th century
edit- 1844 – Cobble Hill Tunnel in New York City opens; it is now the oldest railway tunnel beneath a city street in North America.[1][2]
20th century
edit- 1901 – The 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) long first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is opened.[3]
- 1967 – The New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central Transportation Company.
21st century
editBirths
edit- 1859 – Vincent Raven, chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922 (d. 1934).
Deaths
editReferences
edit- ^ Hilger, James (March 23, 2009). "Notes from the Underground: The Secret Tunnels of Brooklyn". psfk.com. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ "Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World". CityNoise. January 5, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.