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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 9.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1863 – Gov. Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, enters service in California.[1]
- 1885 – The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino through Cajon Pass, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.[2][3]
20th century edit
- 1903 – The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway opens in India.[4]
- 1933 – Canadian National Railway's line to Lynn Lake, Manitoba, opens.[5]
- 1953 – Canadian National Railway extends the line from Lynn Lake to Sherridon, Manitoba.[5]
- 1953 – Canadian Pacific Railway introduces Budd Rail Diesel Car service, "Dayliners", for lighter passenger train duties on some branch lines.[5]
- 1963 – Two passenger trains collide with a derailed freight train on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.
- 1998 – The St. Thomas and Eastern Railway begins operations on a former Canadian National Railway branch line between St. Thomas and Delhi, Ontario.[5]
Births edit
- 1803 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863, is born (d. 1883).
- 1869 – Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1920-1939, is born (d. 1939).[6]
Deaths edit
- 1936 – Henry Clay Hall, commissioner for Interstate Commerce Commission beginning in 1914, chairman of same 1917-1928 (born 1860).
- 1940 – Charles Langbridge Morgan, chief engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, dies (b. 1855).
References edit
- ^ Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
- ^ Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. p. 74.
- ^ Dodge, Richard V. (March 5, 2000). "Perris and its Railroad". San Diego Railroad Museum. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- ^ Northern Railways of India. "Kalka-Shimla Railway". Archived from the original on 2005-11-18. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- ^ a b c d "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2005.
- ^ Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.]: Northern Pacific, 1939.