October 23 in rail transport
- October 23 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1874 – The first trains operate on the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad, making it the first narrow gauge railroad to operate in California. [cite web| url=http://www.mchsmuseum.com/railroadm&sv.html| title=The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad| author=Monterey County Historical Society| date=2006| accessdate=2006-10-23| ]
* 1880 – The California Southern Railroad is chartered to connect San Diego to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in California. [cite book| author=Serpico, Philip C.| title=Santa Fé Route to the Pacific| year=1988| publisher=Omni Publications| Location=Palmdale, California| id=ISBN 0-88418-000-X| ]
20th century
* 1917 – The Canadian Railway War Board (predecessor of the Railway Association of Canada) meets for the first time at Windsor Station, Montreal.[cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2006-09-15| accessdate=2006-10-23| ] [cite press release| url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/23/c7258.html| title=Historic Anniversary for the Railway Association of Canada| date=2007-10-23| accessdate=2007-10-23| publisher=Railway Association of Canada| ] ]
* 1924 – Two trolley cars of the Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa collide head-on due to a misunderstanding in operations around track maintenance work. [cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/Articles/Article2002_2.html| title=Head on at Deschenes| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| accessdate=2006-10-23| ]
* 1979 – Amtrak's Dearborn, Michigan, station opens. [cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1970s/TimeLine1970sBackUp.htm| title=Railroad History Timeline: 1970-1979| accessdate=2006-10-23| ] 21st century
* 2004 – The Chūetsu earthquake, 6.8 magnitude, in Japan causes the first derailment of a Shinkansen train; the train was traveling 200 km/h (125 mph) on the Tokyo-Niigata line, but no fatalities were reported.
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