- January 3
- 1810 – Henry Keyes, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1869–1870, is born (d. 1870).
- 1912 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia.[1]
- 1986 – Vancouver's SkyTrain (pictured) begins operations between the waterfront and New Westminster.[1]
- 2005 – Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific Railroad, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican Railway divisions.
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References edit
- ^ a b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. April 3, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2005.