- November 15
- 1899 – The New York Central railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.
- 1919 – The "golden spike" is driven (pictured) and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.[1][2]
- 1982 – The Jōetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Tokyo and Niigata.
- 2001 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide head-on in Andersonville, Michigan (northwest of Detroit).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hanft, Robert M. (1984). San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad. Glendale, California: Trans-Anglo Books. ISBN 0-87046-071-4.
- ^ Dodge, Richard V. (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-019-3.