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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 14.

Events

1865 – The Brockville and Ottawa Railway begins operations between Arnprior and Sand Point, Ontario, a distance of about 6 miles (10 km).^[1]
1874 – A franchise for the extension of the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Old River Station, in Los Angeles, California, is approved.^[2]
1891 – New York Central stages the record breaking run of the Empire State Express between New York City and Buffalo, New York; the train makes the 436 mile (702 km) journey in just 7 hours 6 minutes, an average speed of nearly 65 mph (105 km/h).^[3]

1915 – The funeral train for William Cornelius Van Horne departs Windsor Station in Montreal at 11:00 AM bound for Joliet, Illinois; the train is pulled by CP 4-6-2 number 2213.^[4]
1967 – Tōyōchō Station, in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, opens.
1974 – Amtrak discontinues its Expo '74 passenger train service connecting Seattle and Spokane for Expo '74.
1996 – The York-Durham Heritage Railway begins operations on CN's former branch between Uxbridge and Stouffville, Ontario.^[4]

1897 – Carl Abraham Pihl, Norwegian civil engineer and director of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) 1865-1897, dies (b. 1825).

^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 7, 2005. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
^ "The street railway history of Los Angeles". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
^ "This Month in Railroad History: September". Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Retrieved September 13, 2005.