November 9 in rail transport
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Events
19th century
* 1863 – "Gov. Stanford", Central Pacific Railroad's first locomotive, enters service in California. [cite book| author=Diebert, Timothy S. and Strapac, Joseph A.| title=Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium| publisher=Shade Tree Books| year=1987| id=ISBN 0-930742-12-5]
* 1885 – The last spike is driven on the California Southern Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino through Cajon Pass, completing the connection to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. [cite book| author=Waters, Leslie L.| title=Steel Trails to Santa Fe| year=1950| publisher=University of Kansas Press| location=Lawrence, Kansas| pages=p 74| ]
20th century
* 1903 – The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway opens in India.
* 1933 – Canadian National Railway's line to Lynn Lake, Manitoba, opens.
* 1953 – Canadian National Railway extends the line from Lynn Lake to Sherridon, Manitoba.
* 1953 – Canadian Pacific Railway introduces Budd Rail Diesel Car service, "Dayliners", for lighter passenger train duties on some branch lines.
* 1963 – Two passenger trains collide with a derailed freight train on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan; the Yokohama rail crash results in 161 deaths.
* 1998 – The St. Thomas and Eastern Railway begins operations on a former Canadian National Railway branch line between St. Thomas and Delhi, Ontario.
Births
* 1803 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863, is born (d. 1883).
* 1869 – Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1920-1939, is born (d. 1939). [Northern Pacific. Annual Report. St. Paul [Minn.] : Northern Pacific, 1939.]
Deaths
References
* Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), " [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] ". Retrieved November 8 2005.
* Dodge, Richard V.; San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5 2000), " [http://www.sdrm.org/history/cs/perris.html Perris and its Railroad] ". Retrieved November 8 2005.
* Northern Railways of India, " [http://www.ksr100.com/History.asp Kalka-Shimla Railway] ". Retrieved November 8 2005.
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