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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 11.
Events
19th century
- 1887 – The Gilpin tramway narrow gauge railroad in Colorado begins operations.[1]
- 1900 – The Ottawa and New York Railway begins operations over the newly constructed bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River.[2]
20th century
- 1905 – Long Island Rail Road inaugurates electric operations on the Rockaway Beach Division connecting Far Rockaway and Valley Stream.[3]
- 1940 – The newly rebuilt and expanded station at Rigaud, Quebec, opens.[2]
- 1998 – Canadian National Railway runs its last train in Ottawa; rail service will be taken over in the city on December 13 by the Ottawa Central Railway.[2]
- 2000 – Amtrak's Acela Express service between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., is inaugurated.
21st century
- 2001 – Seven members of the CCFE (Communauté des chemins de fer européens) leave to form EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers).
- 2004 – Kettle Falls International Railway begins operations on former BNSF Railway branch lines in Washington and British Columbia.[4]
- 2015 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.[5]
Births
- 1901 – Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National Railway 1950–1966, is born (d. 1969).
Deaths
References
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