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Events
19th century
* 1884 – The
People's Passenger Railway opens a new line connecting Eighth Street to Germantown Avenue inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania . [cite web| url=http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/railroad.htm| title=Philadelphia History: Early Railroad Transportation| publisher=Independence Hall Association| date=2007| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1892 – The firsttrain ferry service on theGreat Lakes and the first in the world over open waters is inaugurated with "Ann Arbor Number 1" of theAnn Arbor Railroad betweenElberta, Michigan , andKewaunee, Wisconsin . [cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1890s/TimeLine1890sBackUp.htm| title=Railroad History Timeline: 1890-1899| work=Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]20th century
* 1902 – The
Cleveland Short Line Railway is incorporated to connect Fairport andLorain, Ohio . [cite book| chapterurl=http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html| chapter=History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company| title=Annual Report| year=1913| publisher=New York Central Railroad System| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1905 –Canadian Northern Railway completes tracklaying toEdmonton, Alberta , with Alberta's Lieutenant Governor ceremonially driving the last spike.
* 1916 – German sleeping anddining car operatorMitropa is founded.
* 1925 – Passenger service is discontinued on thePajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad inCalifornia . [cite web| url=http://www.mchsmuseum.com/railroadpvc.html| title=Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad| publisher=Monterey County Historical Society| date=2006| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1929 –Pere Marquette Railroad launches the "City of Saginaw" car ferry for service onLake Michigan .cite web| url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1920s/TimeLine1920sBackUp.htm| title=Railroad History Timeline: 1920-1929| work=Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1961 – Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (now known asChepe ) opens its line through theCopper Canyon inMexico . [cite web| url=http://www.trainweb.org/carl/CopperCanyon2003/ChepeHistory.html| title=Chihuahua - Pacific Railroad: History, Facts and Tips| work=Trainweb| accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1964 –Canadian National Railway opens theGreat Slave Lake Railway connectingPine Point, Northwest Territories , andRoma Junction, Alberta .cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm| title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history| work=Colin Churchers Railway Pages| date=2007-11-24 | accessdate=2007-11-24| ]
* 1997 – The ownership of some formerCanadian National Railway lines inAlberta is officially transferred toRailLink-Lakeland and Waterways .21st century
Births
* 1840 –
Henry Kirke Porter , Americansteam locomotive builder and founder ofH. K. Porter, Inc , is born (d. 1921).Deaths
References
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