December 27 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1859 – Grand Trunk Railway completes construction of the rail line from Toronto to Sarnia, Ontario, and begins a train ferry connection across the St. Clair River at Fort Gratiot.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16 2005), [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history] . Retrieved December 27 2005]
* 1877 – The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway opens, traversing a route from Montreal through Lachute to Hull.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12 2005), [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] . Retrieved December 27 2005.]
* 1897 – The first train is operated on the Randsburg Railway between Kramer and Johannesburg, California. [http://www.randsburg-railway.com/history.htm Randsburg Railway - History] . Retrieved December 27 2005.]

20th century

* 1942 – A troop train with 13 coaches rear-ends Canadian Pacific Railway train number 550 at Almonte, Ontario; 36 people die and 155 more are injured in the most severe rail accident in the Ottawa area.

21st century

* 2002 – The first X'Trapolis train enters service with Connex in Melbourne, Australia.

Births

* 1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s, is born (d. 1979).
* 1913 – Ian David Sinclair, president of Canadian Pacific Railway 1969-1981, is born (d. 2006).

Deaths

References