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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 26.

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1884 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway.^[1]^[2]

1911 – Construction of the Usambara Railway in German East Africa reaches Moshi at Mount Kilimanjaro.
1964 – California Western Railroad motorcar number M-80 is destroyed in a head-on collision with motorcar number M-100.^[3]
1968 – Recycling former FM Erie-built diesel locomotives, Canadian Pacific Railway opens a new continuous welded rail plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario.^[2]
1980 – Alkmaar Noord railway station in the Netherlands is opened.
1993 – The southern portion of the former Northwestern Pacific Railroad south of Willits, California, is leased to a private operator which adopts the former railroad's name for operations.^[4]

2005 –
- Commuter rail service between Athens and Corinth is officially inaugurated by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE).^[5]
- At around 11:30 PM local time, Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Bihar explode a bomb at one of Indian Railways' train stations.^[6]
- Sound Transit introduces a fourth Sounder passenger train in daily service between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.
2015 – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 2 opens connecting Lishe International Airport Station to Qingshuipu Station.

1837 – Allen Manvel, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1889–1893, is born (d. 1893).

1884 – John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad beginning in 1858, dies (b. 1820).
1928 – Arthur Stilwell, president of Kansas City Southern Railroad 1897–1900, dies (b. 1859).^[7]

^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 26, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 26, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
^ Sierra Railroad (2005). "Skunk Train History". Retrieved September 26, 2006.
^ "Railroad Fallen Flags: L-O". Classic Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
^ "Athens-Corinth suburban railway line launched by transport minister Liapis". ANA. September 27, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2005.
^ "Maoist rebels blow up a railway station in Bihar". WebIndia123. September 27, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2005.
^ Pitcher, Charles (July 1950). "The Kansas City Southern Lines". Kansas City Southern Historical Society. Retrieved September 26, 2006.