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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 3.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1844 – Cobble Hill Tunnel in New York City opens; it is now the oldest railway tunnel beneath a city street in North America.[1][2]
20th century edit
- 1901 – The 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) long first part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is opened.[3]
- 1967 – The New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central Transportation Company.
21st century edit
Births edit
- 1859 – Vincent Raven, chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922 (d. 1934).
Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ Hilger, James (March 23, 2009). "Notes from the Underground: The Secret Tunnels of Brooklyn". psfk.com. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ "Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World". CityNoise. January 5, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1995). På meterspor i Nidaros. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 6.