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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 10.
Events
19th century
- 1851 – Pennsylvania Railroad opens sections of its line from Lockport, Pennsylvania, to Beatty (west of Latrobe) and from Pittsburgh to Brinton.
20th century
- 1908 – The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's 2,775 ft (846 m) long Battle River bridge, standing 195 ft (60 m) above the river, is completed.[1]
- 1929 – Ottawa Electric Railway discontinues streetcar service between Carling Avenue and the Experimental Farm.[2]
- 1998 – The Surface Transportation Board gives preliminary approval to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's application to build into the Powder River Basin, pending completion of an Environmental Impact Statement.
21st century
Births
- 1795 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer and founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works, is born (died 1866).
- 1915 – William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949–1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957–1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961–1973, is born (died 1989).
Deaths
- 1923 – Thomas George Shaughnessy, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited 1899–1918, dies (born 1853).
References
- ↑ McGuire, Don (2004). "The railway history of Wainwright: The GTPR arrives in Wainwright". Retrieved December 8, 2005.
- ↑ "Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 3, 2004. Retrieved December 8, 2005.
- ↑ JR電車編成表 2012冬 [JR EMU Formations - Winter 2012]. Japan: JRR. October 2011. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-4-330-25611-5.
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