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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 3.
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- 1909 – The Lethbridge Viaduct, one of the largest railway structures in Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway near Lethbridge, Alberta, opens.
- 1969 – Kansas City Southern Railway's Southern Belle passenger train service between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, makes its final run.[1]
- 1973 – The 16th Street Mission station in San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system opens.
- 1984 – Electrification between Kingston and Beenleigh in Brisbane is commissioned.
21st century edit
- 2004 – Progressive Rail leases former Wisconsin Central Railway track in northern Wisconsin and begins operations on the line under its subsidiary railroad, Wisconsin Northern Railroad.
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- ^ Carter, Thad Hills (2009). Kansas City Southern Railway. Images of Rail. (Reprint of an article by Philip Moseley originally published in the May 1986 issue of Arkansas Railroader). Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7385-6001-4. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
I was working that night November 3, 1969, when the last southbound run of the Southern Belle made its way into DeQueen.