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Events
19th century
* 1860 – The
Bavarian State Railway opens connectingRosenheim , Prien andTraunstein .
* 1867 – TheWindsor and Annapolis Railway is incorporated inNova Scotia . [cite web| url=http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart2.html| title=Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1850- 1899)| work=The Railways of Canada Archives| accessdate=2006-05-05| author=Smith, Ivan| year=1998| ]
* 1886 – TheMemphis and Southeastern Railroad is incorporated inTennessee . [cite web| url=http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/railroads/ch_kcfsm.html| title=Corporate History: Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company| author=Truman Area Community Network, Inc.| year=2005-12-20 | accessdate=2006-05-05| ]20th century
* 1913 – Tracklaying begins on the
Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (a predecessor ofKansas City Southern Railway ) between Murfreesboro and Shawmut,Arkansas . [cite web| url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm| title=The Kansas City Southern Lines| accessdate=2006-05-05| author=Pitcher, Charles; Manager of DOT Compliance, Kansas City Southern Railway (reprinted by the Kansas City Southern Historical Society)| ]
* 1957 – The "Flying Yankee " trainset is retired from revenue service on the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads.21st century
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