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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on November 20.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]- 1850 – The first train operates on the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road.[1]
- 1852 – The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway line between Erie, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, opens.
- 1855 – The first train to operate in Iowa on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad departs Davenport for Muscatine with six crowded passenger cars.[2]
- 1886 – The San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway is incorporated as a Santa Fe Railroad subsidiary to build a rail connection between its namesake cities in California.[3]
20th century
[edit]- 1911 – Western Maryland Railway breaks ground for the station in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.[4]
- 1918 – The Canadian government takes over control of the Canadian Northern Railway, appoints a new board of directors and places the management of the Canadian Government Railways under the new board's control.[5]
- 1920 – Work begins on the State Railway of Thailand to convert all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) track to meter gauge.[6]
- 1934 – Shin-Kotoni Station on what is now JR Hokkaido's Sasshō Line in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, is opened.[7]
- 1961 – Union Pacific 844 makes its first excursion run following retirement from regular revenue service on the Union Pacific Railroad.[1]
- 1998 – The Okanagan Valley Railway begins operations on the former Canadian Pacific Railway branch between Sicamous and Kelowna, British Columbia.[5]
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "This month in railroad history - November". Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
- ^ "A Brief Historical Overview of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad". Rock Island Technical Society. 1996. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ Jones, Sally (August 15, 2007). "History of the Western Maryland Railway". Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ a b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2005.
- ^ "Historical background". State Railway of Thailand. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ 新川駅バリアフリー情報 [Shinkawa Station accessibility information] (in Japanese). Japan: Hokkaido Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2012.