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November 7

Driving the last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway

Driving the last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway

1874 – The Miami Valley Narrow Gauge Railway, the predecessor of the Miami Valley Railway in Ohio, is incorporated.
1885 – The last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway is driven (pictured) at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1889 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway consolidates several of its subsidiary railroads in California into the Southern California Railway.^[1]
1978 – The Illinois Railway Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary.

See also

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References

↑ Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. p. 30. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.

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