December 5 in rail transport

Events

* 1937 – The last run on the Mount Lowe Railway in Southern California carries a group known as "The Railroad Boosters" who sought to preserve the railway for future riders as a heritage railway. [cite web| url=http://www.mtlowe.net/brief_history.htm| title=A Brief History of the Famous Mount Lowe Railway| accessdate=2005-12-05| ]
* 1996 – Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway reopens Stampede Pass in Washington and resumes operating freight trains over the line. [cite web| url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7364| title=Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad reopens Stampede Pass line on December 5, 1996| accessdate=2005-12-05| ]
* 1996 – Canadian National Railway (CN) operates its last train of grain to be hauled in 40 ft (12 m) boxcars; CN SD40s numbered 5256 and 5051 depart Canora, Saskatchewan, with a train of 114 such boxcars bound for Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Thunder Bay, Ontario. [cite journal| author=McDonnell, Greg| year=1997| month=April| title=In Canada, finis for 40-footers| journal=Trains Magazine| volume=57| issue=4| pages=p 17–18| ]
* 1998 – Trinity Railway Express in Texas adds Saturday train schedules to its timetables and begins operating the first regular Saturday trains. [cite web| url=http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/traininfo.html| title=Trinity Railway Express Facts| author=Trinity Railway Express| accessdate=2005-12-05| ]

Births

Deaths

* 1923 – Sir William Mackenzie, part owner of Toronto Street Railway and builder of Canadian Northern Railway predecessors, dies (b. 1849).

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