November 17 in rail transport
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Events
19th century
* 1885 – The first through train from Chicago via Santa Fe lines arrives in San Diego. [cite book| author=Signor, John R.| title=The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company; Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route| publisher=Golden West Books| location=San Marino, California| year=1988| id=ISBN 0-87095-101-7| pages=p 18| ]
20th century
* 1941 – The "Prospector" multiple unit passenger trainset debuts on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in operating between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
* 1979 – The first stage of Brisbane Suburban Electrification between Ferny Grove and Darra is commissioned by the Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is the first section of electrification in Australia to use 25,000 volts 50 Hz overhead power supply.
21st century
Births
* 1857 – William Benson Storey, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933, is born (d. 1940).
Deaths
* 1920 – T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880-1881, dies (b. 1831).[The Political Graveyard (March 10 2005), " [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/railroad.html Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts] ". Retrieved December 29 2005.] ]
* 1927 – Charles Sanger Mellen, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1897-1903 and New Haven Railroad beginning in 1903, dies (b. 1852). [cite news| publisher=New York Times| title=Obituary: Charles Sanger Mellen| date=November 18, 1927| page=23 ] References
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