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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 17.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1880 – Ministerial approval is given for construction of what would become Gare d'Oyonnax in France.
- 1885 – The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego.[1]
20th century edit
- 1941 – The Prospector multiple unit passenger trainset debuts on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in operating between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 1979 – The first stage of Brisbane Suburban electrification between Ferny Grove and Darra is commissioned by the Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is the first section of electrification in Australia to use 25,000 volts 50 Hz overhead power supply.
21st century edit
- 2012 – The first revenue-earning use of an E5 Series Shinkansen takes place as a special Joetsu Shinkansen 30th Anniversary (上越新幹線開業30周年号」, Jōetsu Shinkansen Kaigyō 30-shūnen-gō) service from Niigata to Tokyo.
Births edit
- 1857 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, is born (d. 1940).
Deaths edit
- 1920 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).[2]
- 1927 – Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903, New Haven Railroad 1903-1913 and Maine Central Railroad 1910-1914, dies (b. 1852).[3]
References edit
- ^ Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-87095-101-7.
- ^ "Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts". The Political Graveyard. March 10, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
- ^ "Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen". New York Times. November 18, 1927. p. 23.