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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 11.

Events edit

1887 – The Gilpin tramway narrow gauge railroad in Colorado begins operations.^[1]
1900 – The Ottawa and New York Railway begins operations over the newly constructed bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River.^[2]

1905 – Long Island Rail Road inaugurates electric operations on the Rockaway Beach Division connecting Far Rockaway and Valley Stream.^[3]
1940 – The newly rebuilt and expanded station at Rigaud, Quebec, opens.^[2]
1998 – Canadian National Railway runs its last train in Ottawa; rail service will be taken over in the city on December 13 by the Ottawa Central Railway.^[2]
2000 – Amtrak's Acela Express service between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., is inaugurated.

2001 – Seven members of the CCFE (Communauté des chemins de fer européens) leave to form EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers).
2004 – Kettle Falls International Railway begins operations on former BNSF Railway branch lines in Washington and British Columbia.^[4]
2015 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.^[5]

1901 – Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950–1966, is born (d. 1969).

^ Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 1, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
^ "December 11, 1905, Far Rockaway Branch". aRRt's aRRchive. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. November 28, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
^ "南昆客专南百段开通南宁-百色动车二等票82.5元". 广西新闻网. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-11.